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21 References and resources recap

Chapter 2 – References

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Dockett, S. & Fleer, M. (2002). Play and pedagogy in early childhood: Bending the rules. Southbank Victoria: Thomson.

Duncan, R., Washburn, I.J., Lewis, K.M., Bavarian, N., DuBois, D.L., Acock, A.C., Vuchinich, S., & Flay, B.R. (2017). Can universal SEL programs benefit universally? Effects of the Positive Action Program on multiple trajectories of social-emotional and misconduct behaviors. Prevention Science, 18(2), 214-224. doi: 10.1007/s11121-016-0745-1

Durlak, J.A., Weissberg, R.P., Dymnicki, A., Taylor, R.D., & Schellinger, K.B. (2011). The impact of enhancing students’ social and emotional learning: A meta-analysis of school-based universal interventions. Child Development, 82(1), 405-432. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01564.x

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Nicolopoulou, A., McDowell, J., & Brockmeyer, C. (2006). Narrative play and emergent literacy: Storytelling and story-acting meet journal writing. In D.G. Singer, R. Michnick, D. G. Singer, R. M. Golinkoff, & K. Hirsh-Pasek (Eds.), Play= Learning: How play motivates and enhances children’s cognitive and social-emotional growth (pp. 124-144). Oxford University Press.

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Zosh, J. M., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Hopkins, E. J., Jensen, H., Liu, C., Neale, D., … & Whitebread, D. (2018). Accessing the inaccessible: Redefining play as a spectrum. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 1124.

Zosh, J. M, Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R. M., & Dore, R. A. (2017). Where learning meets creativity: The promise of guided play. In R. Beghetto and B. Sriraman (Eds.), Creative Contradictions in Education: Cross Disciplinary Paradoxes and Perspectives (pp. 165-180). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-21924-0_10

Chapter 2 – Digital artefacts (videos, podcasts, interactives) reference details

David, N. & Fennelly, S. (Producers). (2022). Title of Chapter 2 intro to content – Title here [Video podcast]. In Play-based teaching approaches: Assessing learning through play series. Deakin University. URL for this

Morrisey, A.M & Morrisey, D. (2002). HITS 1: Setting Goals, HITS 2: Structuring lessons, HITS 3: Explicit teaching, HITS 4: Worked example, HITS 5: Collaborative learning, HITS 6: Multiple Exposures, HITS 7: Questioning, and HITS 9: Metacognitive strategies videos. In Cain, K., Bass, C, David, N. & Fennelly, S. (Producers) Interactive HITS video experiences interactive. URL for this

Robertson, R., David, N., and Cain, K. (Producers) (2021). Making connections: HITS strategies and play-based learning. Deakin.

David, N., Cain, K. & Fennelly, S. (Producers). (2022). title. Deakin University. URL for this

Robertson, N. & Paatsch, L. (Hosts). Bass, C., Fennelly, S., & David, N. (Producers) (2022). Title of this video or podcast here. Deakin University. URL here.

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