All work and no play...: how educational reforms are harming our preschoolers

Abstract

Introduction by Sharna Olfman The Power of Play in Early Childhood Education The Vital Role of Play in Early Childhood Education by Joan Almon A Role for Play in the Preschool Curriculum by Dorothy G. Singer, Jerome Singer, Sharon L. Plaskon, and Amanda E. Schweder Early Childhood Education: Lessons from Europe by Christopher Clouder Wired Classrooms/Wired Brains Cybertots: Technology and the Preschool Child by Jane Healy Hand-Made Minds in the Digital Age by Frank R. Wilson Building Blocks of Intellectual Development: Emotion and Imagination Imagination and the Growth of the Human Mind by Jeffrey Kane and Heather Carpenter The Vital Role of Emotion in Education by Stuart Shanker A Mental Health Crisis among Our Children: The Rise of Technologies and Demise of Play Attention/Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder in Children: One Consequence of the Rise of Technologies and Demise of Play? by Thomas Armstrong Play and the Transformation of Feeling: Niki's Case by Eva-Maria Simms Pathogenic Trends in Early Childhood Education by Sharna Olfman