Eleni Loizou is a Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Department of Education of the University of Cyprus.

Jeffrey Trawick-Smith is Professor Emeritus and a senior researcher in the Center for Early Childhood Education of Eastern Connecticut State University.

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List of contributors

Foreword: Tony Bertram and Chris Pascal

Preface

PART 1

Teacher ¿ducation for Play Pedagogy

1. Introduction: Play Pedagogy Conceptualizations and Reflections on Existing Research

Eleni Loizou and Jeffrey Trawick-Smith

2. A Closer Look at the Maturity of Make-Believe Play in Quebec's Kindergarten to Inform the Design of a Professional Development Program

Lise Lemay, Anne-Sophie Parent, Caroline Bouchard, Stéphanie Duval, Noémie Montminy-Sanschagrin

3. Play as the Work of Pre-service Teachers: A Case Study of Inspiring Play as Pedagogy in a University Early Childhood Program.

Cecilia Maron-Puntarelli

4: Play Training and Coaching for Child Care Providers on How to Support Children's Play and Learning

Myae Han, Martha Buell, Di Liu and Annette Pic

5. Educating Early Childhood Education Teachers for Play-Responsive Early Childhood Education and Care (PRECEC)

Niklas Pramling

6. Supporting Early Childhood Teachers' Play Pedagogy: Methods, Processes and Outcomes

Sofia Avgitidou

7. Play-Based Teaching in Russian Preschool Education: Pretend and Digital Play

Nikolay Veraksa, Aleksander Veraksa, Margarita Gavrilova, Darya Bukhalenkova, Vera Sukhikh

PART II

A Theoretical and Practical Lens of Teacher Authentic Play Practices

8. Learning to Play-2-Gether: Building Positive Relationships with Children through Play

Caroline Vancraeyveldt, Sara Barros Araújo, Annerieke Boland, Söa Grof¿íková, Anna Klimentova, Ineke Oenema-Mostert and Manuela Sanches-Ferreira

9. Challenges and Dilemmas With Play-Based Pedagogy in Swedish Early Childhood Education.

Maelis Karlsson Lohmander and Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson

10. Creating Preservice Teachers' Playful Mindsets and Dispositions Towards Play in the US

Ruth Guirguis and Jennifer M. Longley

11. Advanced Block Play in Preschool: Implications for Teacher Education

Jeffrey Trawick-Smith, Cassandra Cullis and Marley Koschel

12. A Case Study of an Early Childhood Teacher's Constructive Play Praxeological Transformation

Eleni Loizou

13. Themes for Teacher Education for Play Pedagogy

Jeffrey Trawick-Smithand Eleni Loizou