Project work in the graduate classroom: Teachers as students apply skills beyond the classroom |
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Authors: | Susan Catapano |
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Affiliation: | Early Childhood Education, Division of Teaching and Learning, College of Education , University of Missouri Saint Louis , 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis , Missouri , 63121–4499 , USA Phone: +1 314 516 5739 Fax: +1 314 516 5739 E-mail: catapano@umsl.edu. |
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Abstract: | Abstract Through the use of a long‐term project in a graduate teacher education course on the importance of play, students learned skills beyond those usually required in a graduate classroom. Students used their understanding and knowledge of play, constructive practice, and project work to develop a family play day at the university lab school. As part of the project, students helped to develop a play‐style instrument that served as a self‐study for their own classrooms as they observed the play among their own students. The project culminated with the students hosting the families of the lab school at a fun day and preparing a brochure that gave families information about the importance of play. |
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Keywords: | Projects Constructive practice Graduate teacher education Play |
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