The Reality of Organization of Learning through Play Activity towards Creating Iteration for Primary Students

Do Thi Hong Ngat^1,

¹Nguyen Tat Thanh Primary School, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Street, Cau Giay District, Ha Noi, Vietnam

Cite this paper:
Do Thi Hong Ngat. The Reality of Organization of Learning through Play Activity towards Creating Iteration for Primary Students. American Journal of Educational Research. 2022; 10(4):238-244. doi: 10.12691/education-10-4-12

Abstract

These days, Learning through Play is a very attractive teaching approach and has attracted the attention of many school experts, administrators and teachers. When organizing Learning through Play activities, teachers need to create opportunities for students to explore and learn new concepts through experiential activities, research, repeating hypotheses to find satisfying answers, so that students can discover and understand the content of the lesson more deeply. However, the effectiveness of organizing Learning through Play towards creating iteration for primary students is not high due to various reasons. The article presents the results of a survey analysis on 80 teachers and 382 students at Ly Thai To Primary School and Nguyen Tat Thanh Primary School on the situation of organization of Learning through Play activities towards creating iteration for primary school. Research results show the current situation as a scientific basis to propose measures to develop iterations in Learning through Play for primary students.

Keywords:
learning through play iteration primary students

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