This study examines the relationship between teachers` efficacy beliefs about play and the development of social-cognitive play mediated by teacher-child interaction. Subjects were 180 children and their six teachers, three of the teachers ranked high...
This study examines the relationship between teachers` efficacy beliefs about play and the development of social-cognitive play mediated by teacher-child interaction. Subjects were 180 children and their six teachers, three of the teachers ranked high and three ranked low on a teachers` efficacy beliefs scale about play in kindergarten. Data were collected by time sampling observation, and analyzed by frequencies and chi-test. The results indicate the effects of teachers` efficacy beliefs about play on frequency and type of teacher-child interaction and on the developmental patterns of social-cognitive play of kindergarteners.