Present and future Educators’ views on planning and evaluation of play didactics within preschool learning environments

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Play Planning Evaluation Kindergarten Educators
Maria Sakellariou
Maria Mpanou
Abstract

Play is an important activity towards children’s development and learning (Institute of Educational Policy, Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, 2014a, p. 99) and it has constituted the research object of numerous studies on a worldwide scale (Johnson & Wu, 2019, Sakellariou, 2016, Sakellariou & Rentzou, 2012, Wood, 2014). Despite the importance of play as an instructional medium, research data extracted from Greek literature demonstrate that teaching does not depend on play at the extend that it should. This study was conducted during the 2016-2017 School Year investigating on views of Kindergarten Educators (Ν:66) of the Epirus Region and Senior Students (Ν:64) at the Department of Early School Education of the University of Ioannina regarding a) planning and evaluation of the educational process in terms of play within preschool cognitive environments and b) the importance of play during the kindergarten’ s educational process. Findings establish the significance of play’s role towards the educational process of Kindergarten. Educators, however, do not acknowledge the importance of children’s participation in the actual planning of play activities at scholar environments in opposition to the future Educators who deem such as vital. Both groups, Educators and Students show an encouraging attitude towards their pupils when it comes to them desiring to design play activities, however the Students show limited confidence on educational planning issues, due to their lacking teaching experience within actual Kindergarten faculties. Educators as well as prospective Educators who have undertaken training courses regarding the educational merit of play, evaluate children’s learning through

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