(English) Recreational vs Academic Play
Mingming Zhou | 把 2007年12月29号 粘贴在 学术讨论 上面里 
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Diane Geng (作者博客) 说:
在 %I:%M%p 添加 2007年12月29号Interesting article! The adult teacher seems to think “play” encompasses anything that’s not hard academics. Perhaps because traditional learning and teaching is much more disciplined and rigid in China than in most U.S. educational settings, anything that is recreational is deemed by adults as play. I wonder if one problem here is a lack of words for different kinds of play in Chinese. Did the researcher use any words besides 玩耍 or 玩 to question both Qiaoqiao and the teacher(s)? According to the observations of Vivian Gussin Paley, a U.S. kindergarten teacher awarded with the MacArthur “Genius” award, “fantasy play” seems to be one of the most vibrant and influential kinds of play in early childhood. It takes imagination and autonomy to play “pretend” or “make-believe”. What are the equivalent words in Chinese for these concepts and how are they engaged in by Chinese children? For more on “fantasy play” and how the freedom to engage in it develops children’s social understandings, see: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/644871.html . There’s a lot more to play than teachers often think and if children are given the space to take control of their world for awhile, shape it to their desires and curiosities, they (and we) learn a lot.
Brock Dubbels 说：
在 %I:%M%p 添加 2008年1月13号I looked for the link you posted in your reply and it did not work. Would you check and repost or contact me at brock.dubbels@gmail.com
I have also been writing about play for learning. I think the interview among teacher and students to distinguish play and work was a good idea, and the response regarding choice is very telling.
I would be curious to know how they would view games, since games are structured forms of play (Dubbels, 2008, and are often limiting in the choices that can be made.
I would welcome further conversation on this topic
Steven Liu (作者博客) 说:
在 %I:%M%p 添加 2008年1月13号Hey sorry, the link had an extra full stop at the end of it. It’s been removed and should work just fine now. Thanks for posting!
Liya Dong 说：
在 %I:%M%p 添加 2008年1月30号Hi Steven,
Did you graduate at DEV UEA in 2006? If yes, I just borrowed your distinction dissertation from the school this week! What a coincidence! I was struggling with insufficient literature on education in China, and then I found your paper which shares my common interest. Are you willing share more on the topic with me? I’m in MA Education and Development and now is planning for my dissertation. I was born in Hunan and live in Guangzhou before I came to England.
Would you possibly rely at L.Dong@uea.ac.uk?
Look forward to hearing from you!
Liya
Steven Liu (作者博客) 说:
在 %I:%M%p 添加 2008年1月30号Why yes, that is me! I too had trouble last year with a lack of literature on the topic and so I’m glad that my dissertation came in handy for someone! Do you mind if I ask how you found the paper? Was it available via some database?
Are you writing for an essay or a thesis? When you say that we share a common interest, what aspect are you talking about? Adult education? Parental attitudes?
Have you checked out our library at library.ruralchina.org? There are many papers and articles that have been collected by our Curriculum Development Committee. I’m sure you’ll find something of interest there.
In the blogosphere, last year I found the blog http://sino-file.blogspot.com/ incredibly useful. It’s written by someone who’s doing a PhD on educational reforms in China.
Also, here’s a brand new journal about education that might be of interest: http://edupositions.wordpress.com/about/ Our very own Wang Dan is a contributing editor on it.