Preschool Teachers' Perceptions of Children's Rough-and-Tumble Play (R&T) in Indoor and Outdoor Environments

Autor/inn/en	Storli, Rune; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen
Titel	Preschool Teachers' Perceptions of Children's Rough-and-Tumble Play (R&T) in Indoor and Outdoor Environments
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 185 (2015) 11-12, S.1995-2009 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2015.1028394
Schlagwörter	Play; Preschool Children; Environmental Influences; Questionnaires; Preschool Teachers; Females; Incidence; Caring; Imagination; Gender Differences; Student Behavior; Foreign Countries; Early Childhood Education; Likert Scales; Statistical Analysis; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Fragebogen; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Weibliches Geschlecht; Vorkommen; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Likert-Skala; Statistische Analyse; Norwegen
Abstract	This paper explores teacher-reported prevalence of rough-and-tumble play (R&T) in preschool and investigates how their restriction to such play varies in different play environments (indoor and outdoor). An electronic questionnaire exploring preschool teachers' beliefs and practices regarding children's dramatic play themes was conducted by 138 female Norwegian preschool teachers. The results show that the teacher-reported prevalence of nurture/care and house/family types of dramatic play is higher among girls than among boys, while superhero play, pretend fighting, chase games and protect/rescue play is more prevalent among boys than girls. The results also show that play-fighting and chase games are the dramatic play types most restricted by the preschool teachers, and that R&T play is significantly less restricted in outdoor environments compared to indoors. The results are discussed within a Norwegian early childhood education and care (ECEC) context and implications for ECEC practice are suggested. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01