PSYC 3410 Chapter 15: PSYC3410 - Week 8 Dewey 15
10 Apr 2016
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Play and work in the curriculum (chapter 15) These were previously used to make teaching easier and school more enjoyable for the child. It has been proven that when they are incorporated into the curriculum, the student is more engaged in what he is doing. This causes the ariicial division between school and life to become bridged. For example, if children read about how seeds grow in a textbook, they will not understand the muliple processes involved in plant growing. On the other hand, if they actually plant seeds and watch them grow and die and help keep them alive by watering them, they are experiencing how plants grow and not just learning about it. A change in lifestyle and materials available to our society has changed the importance of having games, play and acive occupaions in the school curriculum. Books have been so mass-produced that they do not have the same efect as they use to.
