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study unit 3: play in education

28 Nov 2021, 22:14 Publicly Viewable

Play in any form is characterized by creativity. Play is the most intensive and fruitful learning activity encountered in ones life. Play involves attitude, process and structure. Play does not imply chaos. Play may involve a highly evolved song-dance structure with cultural and socially pre-determined entries and coordinated musical construction. Drumming, clapping, singing and movement patterns have  to be learned to reproduce progressively more complex and configurations in culturally appropriate contexts and manners. While all of the above events may not happen in one day (outside this hypothetical classroom), in order to promote and nurture children's play as a learning tool, teachers must be able to recognize it. "Play" can be described as intrinsically motivated activity that is pleasurable to the participant.2 It is an activity in which being engaged in a process, rather than achieving a final product, is the goal. Research has cantered on two aspects of play: social and cognitive. Music is regularly a part of young children’s play. Spontaneous singing, sound exploration, and dance are often evident.