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Elementary Education and Teaching

Early childhood education

2012

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The Teacher's Role In Child-Directed Play, Genan Anderson, Anita Spainhower Dec 2011

The Teacher's Role In Child-Directed Play, Genan Anderson, Anita Spainhower

Genan Anderson

In the context of a play scenario, the full range of strategies on the DAP Teaching Continuum used by a master teacher to facilitate mature socio-dramatic play is illustrated to the reader. The fluid, intentional movement of the teacher from strategy to strategy in response to the play of the children delineates the role the teacher plays in content-rich, child-directed play.