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The role and development of play has been interpreted from individual, sociocultural and educational perspectives in the last decade (Wood 2010; Goncu and Gaskins 2011; Fleer 2013). This chapter of contemporary interpretations of pedagogical play brings together a collection of research in practice narratives we consider important for discussing pedagogical transformation through the development of play in children’s learning. We include six case study examples of pedagogical play in order to acknowledge the widely different perspectives of participants in their play. We start with a visual narrative of two babies who are familiar with each other. We discuss how they play together and how familiarity is an important element for them to be reciprocal in a play situation.
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Ridgway, A., Quiñones, G., Li, L. (2015). Contemporary Interpretations of Pedagogical Play. In: Early Childhood Pedagogical Play. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-475-7_10
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