Listen to Dr. Elizabeth Wood talking about what play looks like in an educational setting. She gives practical advice about how to set up the learning environment for play, and how to support rich and meaningful learning for children through play. In doing this, Dr Wood explains how play can support learning goals in a curriculum framework such as Aistear (2009), or objectives as in the Primary School Curriculum (1999).
Dr Elizabeth Wood is Professor of Education at the University of Exeter, England. Her research interests include the role of play in early learning; progression and continuity in play; teachers’ professional knowledge and practice; curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in early childhood. She was consultant to the National Union of Teachers on developing their play policy in 2007, and has worked with the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) on developing policy guidance on play, learning and pedagogy. She has an international reputation for her research on play and pedagogy.
Her publications include: Broadhead, P., Howard, J. & Wood, E. (2010) Play and Learning in the Early Years: from research to practice. London, Sage Wood, E. (2008) The Routledge Reader in Early Childhood Education. London, Routledge Wood, E. & Attfield, J. (2005) Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum. London, Paul Chapman Press (3rd edition 2011)
Contact details:
Dr Elizabeth Wood, University of Exeter, Graduate School of Education, St Luke’s Campus, Exeter EX1 2LU.
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Early Childhood 
