SUPPORT FOR PLAY IN STATE KINDERGARTENS IN NUR-SULTAN: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS’ PERSPECTIVES
| dc.contributor.author | Chukurova, Sogdiana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-01T06:46:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-01T06:46:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | There is a vast amount of research on the importance of play for children’s development. Nevertheless, there is some evidence showing that dismissing play in early childhood education and school settings is becoming an international trend. The main purpose of this research was to understand how, according to early childhood educators, play is supported in the state kindergartens of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Within this larger purpose, there were six research sub-questions exploring how meaningful play experiences can be supported through the freedom and flexibility of early childhood educators in their decision-making, their beliefs about play and learning, the play environment, various types of play, the perceived role of the educator and opportunities provided for play. This was a mixed methods research where the main research tools included an anonymous online survey and semi-structured interviews with nine participants.... | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chukurova, Sogdiana (2021) Support for Play in State Kindergartens in Nur-Sultan: Early Childhood Educators’ Perspectives. Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/5632 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.subject | children’s development | en_US |
| dc.title | SUPPORT FOR PLAY IN STATE KINDERGARTENS IN NUR-SULTAN: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS’ PERSPECTIVES | en_US |
| dc.type | Master's thesis | en_US |
| workflow.import.source | science |