Editorial

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Editorial Team of the 2th Volume (2016)

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Children’s play in a changing world: Introduction

Maria Birbili

4-8

Creativity and play in early childhood education: a socio-cultural perspective

Sofia Avgitidou

9-19

The risk of risk avoidance in play

Melanthia Kontopoulou

20-34

Educators and contemporary play: The case of popular culture toys

Maria Birbili

35-51

Supporting children’s perspectives in free play: an educational intervention

Maria Tanakidou, Sofia Avgitidou

52-77

TOCSIN project: Dimensions and impact of the greek economic crisis upon early childhood education

Domna Kakana, Fotini Garagouni-Areou, Sevasti Theodosiou, Polyxeni Manoli, Anastasia Mavidou, Christina Roussi-Vergou, Katifenia Chatzopoulou, Αlexandra Αndroussou, Sofia Avgitidou, Vassilis Tsafos

78-102

Museum, literature and education: indicative examples from Greece and Germany

Sapfo Mortaki, Aglaia Blioumi

103-117

The effectiveness of using picture communication symbols at preschool children in teaching skills in badminton

Athanasia Giakouvaki, Panagiotis Antoniou, Evangelos Bebetsos, Eleni Zetou

118-139

School students’ sit-ins as a form of unconventional political demonstration: empirical approach in Lyceums (ISCED 3) of central Macedonia in Greece

Anthony Papaeconomou

140-155

Playing with mosaic tiles in the kindergarten

Eleni Rachanioti, Margarita Rompou

156-176

book review: Hodolidou et al. (Eds.) (2016). Mnimi Sofroni Chatzissavidi - Gloss(olog)ikes & Paidagogikes Prosengiseis. Athens: Gutenberg.

Eleni Skourtou

177-180

book review: Martidou, R. (Ed.). Synchrones didaktikes prosegiseis stin proscholiki kai protoscholiki ekpaidefsi. Thessaloniki: Disigma.

Sofia Avgitidou

181-183