ABSTRACT

This study explores the place of play in KS1 classrooms and the perspectives of teachers and headteachers in adopting play-based practices at the start of primary schooling. Data were collected from a survey of KS1 teachers asking for their views of play as an integral part of KS1 pedagogy. This was followed by interviews with eleven headteachers of schools where a play-based approach is embedded. Findings revealed that whilst teachers were in favour of play in KS1, policy constraints and, in particular, the beliefs of their own headteachers, very often acted as a barrier to the implementation of play in their school. The interviews with the headteachers of schools where a play-based approach is encouraged, reveal the influences on their thinking and beliefs, which include the advocacy of their own teachers.

摘要

本研究探讨了 KS1 教室中游戏的位置以及教师和校长在小学开学时采用游戏实践的观点。数据来自对 KS1 教师的调查，询问他们对游戏作为 KS1 教学法的一个组成部分的看法。随后采访了以游戏为基础的学校的 11 位校长。调查结果显示，虽然教师在 KS1 中支持游戏，但政策限制，特别是他们自己校长的信念，经常成为他们学校实施游戏的障碍。与鼓励以游戏为基础的方法的学校校长的访谈揭示了对他们的思想和信仰的影响，其中包括他们自己老师的倡导。