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Understanding play
26 Jun 2008
The low status of play was considered in an article in Nursery World, which outlined concerns in the US over a target-driven ethos impacting on the amount of playtime and the value of play which is less measurable.
Professor Pat Broadhead from Leeds Metropolitan University welcomed the EYFS in England, and its aim to raise the profile of play, but questioned whether this will be sufficient. She outlined how the complexity and richness of play means it is not always easy for adults to access a child's interpretation of this experience, but emphasised that it is important to work hard to understand how children learn through play in order to facilitate it.
(Nursery World, 26 June 2008)
