The Inquiring Nature of Play
With the recent uptake and growing popularity of play-based learning in the school context, teachers find themselves reviewing and reflecting upon play and its relative existence t
The Role of the Teacher in a Play-Based Classroom
The Role of the Teacher in a Play-Based Classroom Download a print-friendly version of this article here. Descriptions of the ways in which adults interact with students as they pl
Critically Endangered: The Art of Teaching
In a time of evidence-based foci, teachers are required to ensure that the way in which they teach reflects practices associated with positive outcomes for kids. That best-pra
Reform and New Zealand Education -Why we need to look in our own back garden…..
Recently New Zealand has been honoured with visits from some of the most highly regarded international movers and shakers of the education world. In March, Sir Ken Robinson pr
In Defense of Parents
One of the biggest perceived barriers schools face when choosing to implement a learning through play approach is a fear of the response from their parent community. Many scho