Play and Learning: An Action Research Project in Preschool

• In Event: Poster Session 13
  In Poster Session: Action Research Posters: Many Ways to Learn About Practice

Abstract

An action research project was conducted in one preschool in Reykjavik. Two preschool teachers collaborated with university researchers. The study examined how the teachers’ ideas about integration of play and learning developed during the study, and how they worked on connecting play and literacy. Data was gathered and analyzed using various methods such as videos, photos, interviews, observations, notes from meetings, documents and diaries. The findings indicate that participation in the study influenced the teachers’ practices and ideas. They became aware of the value of play for learning and how they could create conditions and support children‘s learning through play. They did not, however, let go of the former practices in which they worked on literacy during specific well-defined periods.

Author

• Johanna Einarsdottir, University of Iceland