Play-based Teaching in Higher Education explores the transformative power of play in the education of future teachers. This volume brings together a collection of research articles that delve into the use of play-based teaching methods with adult students, particularly in teacher education programs.
The chapters present a compelling case for integrating play into higher education, highlighting its potential to enhance learning, foster critical reflection, and build strong relationships among students and educators. Through various studies and case examples, the book examines the benefits and challenges of playful pedagogy, offering insights into how play can be used to prepare students for their future roles as educators.
Readers will discover how play-based teaching can create a more engaging and collaborative learning environment, promote deeper understanding, and encourage creativity and experimentation. Play-based Teaching in Higher Education is an essential resource for educators, researchers, and anyone interested in innovative teaching methods that go beyond traditional approaches.
Introduction; Bjarne Isaksen, Ronny Johansen, and Janne Madsen
Chapter
1. The Power of Play: Fostering Becoming Through Playful Pedagogy in
Teacher Education; Nosipho Bele
Chapter
2. The Playworld Approach as a Way of Increasing Play Experiences for
Students in Early Childhood Teacher Education Programs; Martina Tesikova and
Anne-Erita Gunhildrud Berta
Chapter
3. Practicing Co-Playing through Playworld in Early Childhood Teacher
Education; Anne-Line Bjerknes, Åse Lund, Torill Sæterstad, and Aud Helene
Kjæret
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4. Exploring Play-based Learning: Perspectives of Early Childhood
Teacher Education Students and Practicum Mentors in the Context of a
Childrens Museum; Miriam Wiik, Maria Dardanou, and Bente Karlsen
Chapter
5. We learn and have fun at the same time: Play-based learning
activities in kindergarten teacher education; Bjørk Kehlet, Heidi Brødsjø,
and Sunniva Bang
Chapter
6. Learning through or learning to?; Frederik Kjær Zeuthen
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7. Measuring the effect of a large-scale didactic Playful
Learning-intervention on pre-service teachers preference and intentions for
future practicepractice; Bent Sortkær, Mona Have, and Jeppe Bundsgaard
Chapter
8. Integrating Play-based Learning into Teacher Education with
Minecraft and Escape-Games; Magnus H. Sandberg and Liv G. Lofthus
Chapter
9. It takes too long and is not perceived as a need Play-based
teaching in teacher education; Ronny Johansen and Janne Madsen
Bjarne Isaksen is an Associate Professor in Educational Science and Music Education at the University of South-Eastern Norway.
Ronny Johansen is an Associate Professor in Norwegian Language and Didactics at the University of South-Eastern Norway.
Janne Madsen is a Professor of Educational Science at the University of South-Eastern Norway.
