Playworlds in Brooklyn, in Collaboration with Swedish Preschool Teachers / Pedagogista
Presenter
Beth Ferholt, Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education / Art Education
Session / Time
- Breakout Session I
- Thursday, April 26, 10:45 a.m. - noon
- James Hall, Room 3304B
Description
Playworlds are a form of adult-child joint play in which adults actively enter into the fantasy play of young children as a means of promoting the development and quality of lifer of both adults and children. Well-known in Sweden and practiced in California, playworlds have just recently arrived in early childhood classrooms in Brooklyn! How did this happen and what has the process been thus far? Enjoy slides, videos and descriptions of Brooklyn playworlds work, with plenty of time for questions and discussion.
Goals / Content / Intentionality
We often think of young children’s play as something we should leave on its own, or guide adult-determined purposes. What if we consider children to be experts in an art form – play—that produces works that are of great importance to people of all ages? If we do so, our EC classrooms change. The hope is to share the playworlds pedagogy as it has developed in Brooklyn inn collaboration with Swedish EC educators.
Beth Ferholt, Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education / Art Education
Presenter Bio
Beth Ferholt, Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education / Art Education
Beth Ferholt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Early Childhood and Art Education at Brooklyn College. She runs the Jonkoping University – Brooklyn College annual early childhood education student and teacher exchange program. She studies, among other things, play and playworlds.
