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(2012) Developmental education for young children, Dordrecht, Springer.
This chapter gives a general conceptual introduction to the educational approach called "Developmental Education", as it was developed in the Netherlands on the basis of Vygotskij's Cultural-historical theory of human development. This educational approach is usually profiled as a play-based curriculum; what this means will be clarified in the course of this chapter. The main foundational concepts will be explained: agency, social situation of development, meaningful learning, involvement, leading activity, zone of proximal development, and finally play will be discussed. The notion of play in particular is presented as a fundamental concept that characterises the whole approach as play-based. This chapter will serve as a reference frame for those that follow.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4617-6_2
Full citation:
van Oers, B. (2012)., Developmental education: foundations of a play-based curriculum, in B. Van Oers (ed.), Developmental education for young children, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 13-25.
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