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EDEC 531 - The Role of Play in Development and Learning


Unit(s): 3
Students will examine theories from developmental psychology, education, and anthropology to look at the role of play in human experience, from infancy to adulthood. Topics include play’s relationship to learning in all areas of development and academic disciplines, history of play, effects of technology and culture on children’s play, gender development and play, play environments, play therapy, and play as a tool for developmentally and culturally sensitive curriculum and assessment.

Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): graduate student in Education or permission of instructor.
Teaching Mode: Taught fall semester of odd years.



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