All Subjects in Play: Play-Based Lessons for the Secondary Classroom

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-97048-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 254 mm x 178 mm, Gewicht: 320 g

Even older students can benefit from play in the classroom—and it doesn’t mean sacrificing rigor. Seasoned educator Amy Heusterberg-Richards shows teachers how embracing play in secondary classrooms can build content, refine skills, and assess understanding, all while inviting joy back into the classrooms of teens who often feel anxious and disfranchised about education.

This book describes approaches and rationale for embedding play within secondary classrooms across all disciplines. Each of the 20 lessons includes research-based rationales, step-by-step instructions, samples, student-facing directions, and applications across subject areas. Artificial intelligence (AI)-incorporated ideas are also provided. In a world with apathy and AI, education—even at the secondary level—needs to embrace the ever-natural, always-cathartic experience of playing.

By thoughtfully integrating play-based learning, we can enhance classroom management, maintain academic standards, cover the curriculum effectively, and engage older students in meaningful ways. High school learners, too, can laugh and create and pretend as they learn.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heusterberg-Richards, Amy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction  2. This Book’s Aims  3. This Book’s Structure  4. Quick Background on Play  5. Play for Content-Building  6. “Found Parts” Play  7. Additional “Child’s Play"  8. Float Ideas  9. Research Role-Playing  10. Scavenger Hunts  11. Matching Card Games  12. Escape Rooms (Digital or Physical)  13. Whole Unit Gamification  14. Playing with Content – via AI support  15. Play as Skills Application  16. Pairing-Cards Game Variations  17. Reasoning Tug-of-War  18. Build-It Play  19. Analytical Role-Playing & Simulations  20. Category Challenges  21. Reinvented Classics  22. “Found Parts” Abstractions  23. Threading Together  24. Bracket Battles  25. Playing with Skills – via AI support  26. Play-based Assessments (PBA)  27. Role-Playing/Simulation Assessments  28. Final Thoughts  29. Special Thanks

Über Autor(innen)

Amy Heusterberg-Richards holds 18 years of high school English Language Arts teaching experience and is a decade-long International Baccalaureate teacher. In 2018, she was Wisconsin’s selectee and national qualifier for the NCTE’s Teacher of Excellence title. She has presented at several conferences and has been published on Moving Writers and Edutopia. Her Twitter/X handle is @LAwithMrsHR.