Play in Early Childhood Education: Selection, Development and Evaluation (Soft Skills)

Welcome to a selection of the contents of the course Play in Early Childhood Education: Selection, Development and Evaluation with which you will discover the justification of play as a didactic model

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With the complete course you will understand why the game is so important during the infantile stage, you will learn its classification and typology and you will know the objectives to obtain when putting it in practice. We will work together to select the children’s games in the most effective way, to find out what our role is during their development and to correctly apply their evaluation tools

The completion of this course will help you to achieve the following professional competencies:

• UC1030_3: Promote and implement play situations as the backbone of child activity and development

General

Select and implement play activities relating them to the established objectives and the necessary resources, and evaluate play activities justifying the selected evaluation techniques and instruments

Specific

• Understand the importance of play as a didactic model
• Know the types of games and their purpose
• Select the most appropriate type of game according to the established objectives and needs of the context
• Learn what the adult’s role is during children’s play
• Evaluate play activities through observation techniques

1. Justification of the game as a didactic model
   • Why play to learn in early childhood education?
   • Features of the game

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