coe.hawaii.edu€¦  · Web viewWorking with communities to create playful learning experiences.The Master of Education in Early Childhood Education (MEd-ECE) is a 30-credit interdisciplinary

“Play is under siege!”~ Ed Zigler

In the last two decades children have lost 8 hours of

free play per week and thousands of schools in the

United States have eliminated recess to make time for more

academic study (Elkind, 2008). Ironically, our children have not profited from this extra

“educational” time, nor from the so-called educational toys.

Hirsh-Pasek and Golinkoff evaluate the evidence for the importance of free play and playful learning as a catalyst for developing 21st Century Skills. They argue that play

offers an important context for growing child’s academic,

social and physical well-being. Play and particularly guided

play offers a successful midway position between the warring factions of playful and

didactive approaches. It is possible to have strong curricular goals that are

presented to children within a playful pedagogy.

‘A‘ohe hananui ke alu ‘ia

No task is too big when done together by all.~ Mary Kawena Pukui

Play Power! How play motivates children’s academic and social development with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek & Roberta GolinkoffJuly 6, 2015 • 10:00 am – 12:00 noon Kamehameha Schools Community Learning Center at Māʻili

Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek is the Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Faculty Fellow at Temple University and Dr. Roberta Golinkoff, is the H. Rodney Sharp Chair of the School of Education at the University of Delaware.

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Mahalo from the MEd ECE Program to our

UH ECE sister program faculty & our many community partners

F Want more? Join us for the whole ECE Summer Institute! July 6-10, 2015 (+ on-line follow-up)Credit • Graduate EDCS 656 (3 cr) $1650• Undergrad ITE 499 (3 cr) $1224PDE3 • DOE Teachers • (3 cr.) $250 Non-Credit • $250 or CEU (2.5 cr) $300 • (10% discount on non-credit registration for HAEYC, neighbor island & non-profit groups of 3 or more). Housing available at East West Center for neighbor island

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ECE Summer Institute 2015 • July 6 -10, 2015 Day 1 Opening Session: Play Power! How play motivates children’s academic and social developmentDay 2 Developing a deep understanding of the research on free and guided play as essential pedagogies Day 3Research on connections between young children’s language and literacy development and play as a pedagogy to address language and literacy (ELA) standards.Day 4Research on connections between young children’s mathematics and spatial development and play as a pedagogy to address STEM standards.Day 5Play as a facilitator of learning how to learn (executive function). Working with communities to create playful learning experiences.

The Master of Education in Early Childhood Education (MEd-ECE) is a 30-credit interdisciplinary masters degree offered by the College of Education and the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) at the University of Hawai ʻi at Mānoa. The program is designed to develop leadership capacity in the field of early childhood education statewide and in the Pacific Basin. Each year, we host national leaders who share their mana ʻo at the ECE Summer Institute and we collaborate with community partners and faculty at our sister campuses to offer public lectures for Hawaiʻi’s ECE professional community.

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Kathy & Roberta have collaborated on many publications including

Celebrate the Scribble, Play = Learning, Einstein Never

Used Flash Cards, How Babies Talk, Becoming a

Word Learner, A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool, The Origins of Grammar and

Action Meets Word.

Celebrated Authors!