The teacher in the primary classroom is the professional whose practical endeavours to promote children’s learning are based upon judgement and reflection by a body of professional knowledge – knowledge that is rigorous, subjected to critical analysis and directly relevant to classroom practice.
Source: David McNamara (1994) Classroom Pedagogy and Primary Practice – Routledge
“Play acts as an integrating mechanism which enables children to draw on past experiences, represent them in different ways, make connections, explore possibilities, and create a sense of meaning. It integrates cognitive processes and skills which assist in learning. Some of these develop spontaneously, others have to be learnt consciously in order to make learning more efficient. We would all like children to become successful learners.”
Source: Bennet et al (1996) quoted in The National Curriculum for Early Childhood Education (2007) Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan.