1. Weisberg, D. S., Kittredge, A. K., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R. M., & Klahr, D. (2015). Making play work for education. Phi Delta Kappan, 96(8), 8-13. doi:10.1177/0031721715583955
2. In the set article the main Idea illustrated is how guided play can prepare children academically than free play. (Weisberg, Kittredge, Pasek, Golinkoff and Klahr 2015). (Weisberg et al.,2015) The article also argued that children not be guided in play but it should be adult initiated and child directed(p9). They stated that teachers can do both guided play and direct teaching allowing children to benefits from both styles. (Weisberg et al.,2015) arguments were critically based on the guided play approach and how it can benefit children and be incorporated …show more content…
3. In the articles the authors presented that, the balance of freedom and structure is what leads guided play to be successful in educating kids. This idea was supported through (Dickinson et al.,2013) study highlighting that the children that were put in the guided play format were able learn and understand quicker than the children who participated in free play. Another idea supported by studies is that guided play can result in increasingly better education than ‘didactic situation’(Weisberg et al.,2015 p10). Through evidence they showed that teachers could ask questions to the children slowly guiding them to a learning path rather than telling them what to find. It was stressed that allowing kids to make a choice is a form of education. Weisberg and colleagues (2015) further demonstrated this idea by highlighting another study that showed children who were told
2. In the set article the main Idea illustrated is how guided play can prepare children academically than free play. (Weisberg, Kittredge, Pasek, Golinkoff and Klahr 2015). (Weisberg et al.,2015) The article also argued that children not be guided in play but it should be adult initiated and child directed(p9). They stated that teachers can do both guided play and direct teaching allowing children to benefits from both styles. (Weisberg et al.,2015) arguments were critically based on the guided play approach and how it can benefit children and be incorporated …show more content…
3. In the articles the authors presented that, the balance of freedom and structure is what leads guided play to be successful in educating kids. This idea was supported through (Dickinson et al.,2013) study highlighting that the children that were put in the guided play format were able learn and understand quicker than the children who participated in free play. Another idea supported by studies is that guided play can result in increasingly better education than ‘didactic situation’(Weisberg et al.,2015 p10). Through evidence they showed that teachers could ask questions to the children slowly guiding them to a learning path rather than telling them what to find. It was stressed that allowing kids to make a choice is a form of education. Weisberg and colleagues (2015) further demonstrated this idea by highlighting another study that showed children who were told