Junior and Intermediate Educators' Perceptions of Play Pedagogy: Informing Future Policy Creation & Implementation

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dc.contributor.advisorMurphy, Sharon M.
dc.creatorKelly, Jacqueline Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-26T15:23:27Z
dc.date.available2015-01-26T15:23:27Z
dc.date.copyright2014-08-27
dc.date.issued2015-01-26
dc.date.updated2015-01-26T15:23:27Z
dc.degree.disciplineEducation
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMEd - Master of Education
dc.description.abstractPlay-based instruction has become the guiding framework of Ontario’s Full-Day Kindergarten curriculum; however, the benefits of playful learning have yet to be extended into higher elementary grades. Through semi-structured interviews, this qualitative study involves an investigation into twelve Junior (grades four to six) and Intermediate (grades seven and eight) teachers’ perceptions of play pedagogy and its implementation into classroom practice. A grounded theory approach to data analysis uncovers a detailed depiction of teachers’ local knowledge base and current cognitive schemas, from which recommendations for policy creation and implementation are conceived. As a Prospective Policy Analysis, this research strives to take into account Ontario’s current educational context so as to minimize discrepancies between actual and desired results of a future play policy for grades four through eight.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/28290
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectEducation policy
dc.subject.keywordsTeacher perspectivesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEducationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEducational policyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsElementaryen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPedagogyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsTeacher perceptionsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPlayen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMiddle schoolen_US
dc.subject.keywordsGrade fouren_US
dc.subject.keywordsGrade fiveen_US
dc.subject.keywordsGrade sixen_US
dc.subject.keywordsGrade sevenen_US
dc.subject.keywordsGrade eighten_US
dc.subject.keywordsPolicy creationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPolicy implementationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsJunior gradesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsIntermediate gradesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPlayful learningen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPlayfulnessen_US
dc.subject.keywordsInstructional methodsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsQualitative researchen_US
dc.subject.keywordsProspective Policy Analysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordsTeacher beliefsen_US
dc.titleJunior and Intermediate Educators' Perceptions of Play Pedagogy: Informing Future Policy Creation & Implementation
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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