Developmental education: Foundations of a play-based curriculum

Bert van Oers

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Developmental education: Foundations of a play-based curriculum

Bert van Oers^*

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This chapter gives a general conceptual introduction to the educational approach called “Developmental Education”, as it was developed in the Netherlands on the basis of Vygotskij’s Cultural-historical theory of human development. This educational approach is usually profiled as a play-based curriculum; what this means will be clarified in the course of this chapter. The main foundational concepts will be explained: agency, social situation of development, meaningful learning, involvement, leading activity, zone of proximal development, and finally play will be discussed. The notion of play in particular is presented as a fundamental concept that characterises the whole approach as play-based. This chapter will serve as a reference frame for those that follow.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Developmental Education for Young Children
Subtitle of host publication	Concept, Practice and Implementation
Editors	B. van Oers
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	2
Pages	13-25
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9789400746176
ISBN (Print)	9789400746169
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4617-6_2
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Name	International Perspectives on Early ChildhoodEducation and Development
Volume	7

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Developmental education: Foundations of a play-based curriculum. / van Oers, Bert.
Developmental Education for Young Children: Concept, Practice and Implementation. ed. / B. van Oers. Dordrecht: Springer, 2012. p. 13-25 (International Perspectives on Early ChildhoodEducation and Development; Vol. 7).

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