Nazneen Kane
The Play?Learning Binary: U.S. Parents’ Perceptions on Preschool Play in a Neoliberal Age
Mount St. Joseph University
although many studies examined parental decisionmaking patterns regard early childhood care education studies examined parents perceptions play influence patterns study explores parental perceptions regarding play early education broader socioeconomic context within perceptions emerge twenty parents preschoolaged children completed questionnaires comprised ratings openended questions findings indicate parents study defined play learning binary terms opposed mutually constitutive processes subsequently parents rated play important also described peripheral less important acquisition literacy numeracy skills study argues binary thinking outgrowth neoliberalism ultimately undermines child wellbeing