Children's Play, Learning and Development
- ISBN-10
- 1447970977
- ISBN-13
- 9781447970972
- Category
- Child development
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-09-17
- Authors
- Penny Tassoni, Karen Hucker, Brenda Baker
Description
This title contains many features to aid learning and teaching. Activities and reflections provide additional ideas for lessons and homework tasks, case studies and theory in practices add the important real-world focus, so you don't have to spend time looking for your own examples, and assessment zones and assessment practices guide learners through internal and external assessment, with practice questions to help them achieve their potential.
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