Building blocks play: Model reconstruction, teacher’s guidance and early childhood creativity
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https://doi.org/10.26555/jecce.v3i1.1763Keywords:
blocks play model, childhood, creativityAbstract
Teachers in ECE (Early Childhood Education) should have the knowledge and skills in guiding children when playing blocks, but this is not shared by most PAUD teachers in Indonesia. Therefore, this study develops a block play model that refers to the PKPK model from Hirsch and Dodge with the adjustment of conditions in Indonesia. This research is a research and development (R&D) that seeks to develop, refine (re-construct), test, and validate Masnipal-models that are easy for teachers to use and effectively develop children's creativity. This study begins with testing the PKPK model to a group of subjects to obtain data about the ability of teachers to understand and apply the model. After revisions and improvements, the model of reconstruction results was further tested. Research subjects were PAUD teachers in Cianjur (n = 42) and Bandung (n = 78). Data collection uses observation and peer assessment techniques and data analysis uses descriptive analysis techniques. The novelty of this study is the resulting Masnipal-model that facilitates PAUD teachers in Indonesia in guiding children to develop creativity through block play.
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Bergen. D. (2002). The role of pretend play in children’s cognitive development. Early childhood research and practive.
Bojorque. G. et al. (2018). Effectiveness of Building Block Program for Enhancing Equadorian Kindergarten Numerical Competencies. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 231–241. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2017.12.009
Borriello, G. A., & Liben, L. S. (2018). Encouraging Maternal Guidance of Preschoolers’ Spatial Thinking During Block Play. Child Development, 89(4), 1209–1222. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12779
Brairaktova. et al. (2011). Engineering in young Children’s Exploratory Play with Tangible materials. Children, Youth, and Environment Journal, 212–235.
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Cohen, L. E., & Emmons, J. (2017). Block play: spatial language with preschool and school-aged children. Early Child Development and Care, 187(5–6), 967–977. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2016.1223064
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Elisondo. R. (2016). Creativity is Always a Social Process. Creativity. Theories-Research-Applications, 194–210. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.1515/ctra 2016-0013.
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Hanline. M. F. & Melton. S. (2010). The Relationsship Between Prescholl Block Play and reading and Maths Abilities in Early Elementary School: A Longitudinal Study of Children With and Without Disabilities. Journal Early Child Development and Care. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.1080/03004430802671171.
Hirsch. E. (1984). The Block Book. Revised ed. Washington. DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Hoorn. J. V. et al. (1993). Play at the Center of the Curriculum. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Hyson. M. (2004). The Emotional Eevelopment of Young Children. New York, NY: Teacher’s College Press.
Manning, S. (2020). Blocks are educational: revealing discourses through early childhood policy illustrations. In Sight, Sound and Text in the History of Education (pp. 91–106). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429202650-6
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Masnipal, M. (2016). Model Pengembangan Kreativitas Melalui Permainan Konstruktif dalam Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kreatif Anak Usia Dini. Jurnal Pendidikan Islam Ta,Dib, 39–48.
Morrison G. S. (2012). Fundamentals Of Early Childhood Education, 5 Th Edition. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.
Munandar. U. (1999). Kreativitas dan Keberbakatan. Jakarta: PT Gramedia Utama.
Otsuka, K., & Jay, T. (2011). Understanding and supporting block play: video observation research on preschoolers’ block play to identify features associated with the development of abstract thinking. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from http://shura.shu.ac.uk/13380/
Pankratz. L. M. (2015). Building With Block: Incorporating Picture Books To Motivate and Guide Block Play in Kindergarten. Journal Voices of Practitioners, 64–79.
Park, B., Chae, J. L., & Boyd, B. F. (2008). Young children’s block play and mathematical learning. Journal of Research in Childhood Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568540809594652
Pirrone, C., Tienken, C. H., & Di Nuovo, S. F. (2018). The Influence of Building Block Play on Mathematics Achievement and Logical and Divergent Thinking in Italian Primary School Mathematics Classes Test for ASD View project Cortical excitability View project. Taylor & Francis, 82(1), 40–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131725.2018.1379581
Provenzo, E. F., & Brett, A. (1984). Creative block play. Day Care & Early Education Journal, 11(3), 6–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01616852
Ramani, G., Zippert, E., Schweitzer, S., & Applied, S. P.-. (2014). Preschool children’s joint block building during a guided play activity. Elsevier. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397314000628
S.A., S., Korucu, I., Napoli, A. R., Bryant, L. M., & J.Purpura, D. (2018). Using block play to enhance mathematics and executive functioning: A randomized controlled trial. Early Childhood Research, 44(3), 181–191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.04.006
Sawyer. R. K. (2006). Explaining creativity: the science of human innovation. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sawyer, R. K. (2003). Creativity and Development. New York: Oxford University Press.
Simoncini, K., Forndran, A., Manson, E., Sawi, J., Philip, M., & Kokinai, C. (2020). The Impact of Block Play on Children’s Early Mathematics Skills in Rural Papua New Guinea. International Journal of Early Childhood. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13158-020-00261-9.pdf
Sternberg. R. J. & Williams. W. M. (1996). How to Develop Student Creativity. Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Vygotsky. L. S. (1978). The role of play in development. Harvard University Press.
Wellhousen, K., & Giles, R. M. (2005). Building Literacy Opportunities into Children’s Block Play What Every Teacher Should Know. Childhood Education, 82(2), 74–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/00094056.2006.10521350
Williamson, J., Lovatt, D., & Hedges, H. (2020). Looking Beyond Books and Blocks: Peers Playing Around with Concepts (pp. 197–213). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42331-5_13
Wilson, R. (2018). Nature and young children: Encouraging creative play and learning in natural environments. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/books?hl=id&lr=&id=KxdSDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT7&dq=Creative+block+play&ots=UpYxEa21iE&sig=4JxbgwAekvcIlhsDd0ozYRphB9w
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Marhun, M. (2020). Building blocks play: Model reconstruction, teacher’s guidance and early childhood creativity. Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education, 3(1), 14–35. https://doi.org/10.26555/jecce.v3i1.1763
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