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Play, Learning through play
Australia

Biography

Yeshe is an Honorary Lecturer at the School of Education, Macquarie University. He has worked in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings for over a decade in multiple cities across the world including Osaka (Japan), Ulsan (South Korea), Wakayama (Japan), Concepcion (Chile), Granada (Spain) and Honiara (Solomon Islands). Through his work and life overseas, he has acquired an interest in natural learning that we have evolved with (e.g., the types we needed on the African Savanna, in small tribes). His career has reflected a belief in two premises: that all social problems can be addressed most effectively through education, and that early childhood is the most crucial period in life.
Historical records helped him develop the Following in Our Footsteps intervention, which has demonstrated the effect parents and educators can have on children’s interest in literacy and numeracy in just 4 weeks. By partnering, educators and parents significantly increased the amount children chose to play with literacy and numeracy in their free play. This resulted in greater reading, writing and arithmetic on standardised tests. The intervention has shown that adults can get young children more interested in useful learning without taking away children’s choice or their right to play and explore - and this results in real learning.

Activities

Employment (2)

Macquarie University: Sydney, NSW, AU

2015-06-15 to present | Lecturer (Institute of Early Childhood)
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Yeshe Colliver

Macquarie University: Sydney, New South Wales, AU

2022-11-27
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Macquarie University

Works (44)

Balancing child-centred with teacher-directed approaches to early education: Incorporating young children’s perspectives

Pedagogy, Culture & Society
2023-10-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Nikolay Veraksa; Sonja Sheridan; Yeshe Colliver
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Piaget and Vygotsky’s Play Theories: The Profile of Twenty-First-Century Evidence

2022 | Book chapter
Contributors: Nikolay Veraksa; Yeshe Colliver; Vera Sukhikh
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Play and possibilities of cognitive development in preschool age

Child development in Russia
2022-09-03 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Aleksander Veraksa; Daria Bukhalenkova; Margarita Gavrilova; Vera Sukhikh; Yeshe Colliver
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Macquarie University

Editorial: early child development in play and education

Frontiers in Psychology
2022-07-12 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Nikolay Veraksa; Ingrid P. Samuelsson; Yeshe Colliver
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Macquarie University

The relationship between Russian kindergarteners’ play and executive functions

Frontiers in Psychology
2022-06-16 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Aleksander Veraksa; Daria Bukhalenkova; Olga Almazova; Vera Sukhikh; Yeshe Colliver
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Macquarie University

Free play predicts self-regulation years later

Early Childhood Research Quarterly
2022-04-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Yeshe Colliver; Judith E. Brown; Linda J. Harrison; Peter Humburg
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Macquarie University

Intentional or incidental? Learning through play according to Australian educators’ perspectives

Early Years
2022-03-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Yeshe Colliver
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Most Chinese preschool teachers value guided play over free play

Frontiers in Psychology
2021-11-29 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Xunyi Lin; Yutong Liao; Manli Xue; Yeshe Colliver
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Macquarie University

A simple framework for understanding children's interests

2021-07 | Magazine article | Author
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Contributors: Yeshe Colliver
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Macquarie University

Article 31, 31 years on

Human Rights Law Review
2021-07 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Yeshe Colliver; Holly Doel-Mackaway
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Macquarie University

Does Batman™ affect EF because he is benevolent or skilful? The effect of different pretend roles on pre-schoolers’ executive functions

Early Child Development and Care
2021-07-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexander Nikolaevich Veraksa; Margarita Nikolaevna Gavrilova; Daria Аlexeevna Bukhalenkova; Olga Almazova; Nickolay Evgenievich Veraksa; Yeshe Colliver
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Vygotsky’s contributions to understandings of emotional development through early childhood play

Early Child Development and Care
2021-07-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Yeshe Colliver; Nikolay Veraksa
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Formal literacy practices through play: exposure to adult literacy practices increases child-led learning and interest

International Journal of Early Years Education
2021-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Yeshe Colliver; Amael Arguel; Rauno Parrila
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Why can’t I find quality apps for my child? A model to understand all stakeholders’ perspectives on quality learning through digital play

Early Child Development and Care
2020-12-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Yeshe Colliver; Maria Hatzigianni; Ben Davies
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Tinker Bell, Batman, Ben 10… if your kids are in character, they’re more likely to help around the house

2020-09-18 | Magazine article | Author
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Contributors: Yeshe Colliver
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Macquarie University

Want the kids to help clean up their mess after a day of fun play?

Sydney's child
2020-06-18 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Yeshe Colliver
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Macquarie University

A cultural–historical model to inform culturally responsive pedagogies

Culture in education and education in culture
2019 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Yeshe Colliver; Libby Lee-Hammond
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Macquarie University

A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Increase Physical Activity of Preschool-Aged Children Attending Early Childhood Education and Care: Study Protocol for the ‘Everybody Energise’ Trial

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2019-11 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Tessa Delaney; Jacklyn K. Jackson; Jannah Jones; Alix Hall; Ashleigh Dives; Taya Wedesweiler; Libby Campbell; Nicole Nathan; Maria Romiti; Stewart Trost et al.
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Analysis of infant physical activity in the childcare environment

Infant Behavior and Development
2019-11 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Natasha Pocovi; Yeshe Colliver; Verity Pacey; Jenkin Liao; Emily O'Laco; Roberta B. Shepherd; Katharine Scrivener
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Macquarie University

“This is a Learning Opportunity”: How Parent–Child Interactions and Exhibit Design Foster the Museum Learning of Prior-to-School Aged Children

Visitor Studies
2019-07-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Sheila Degotardi; Kelly Johnston; Helen Little; Yeshe Colliver; Fay Hadley
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The aim of the game: A pedagogical tool to support young children's learning through play

Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
2019-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Yeshe Colliver; Nikolay Veraksa
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Following in our footsteps: how adult demonstrations of literacy and numeracy can influence children’s spontaneous play and improve learning outcomes

Early Child Development and Care
2018-06-27 | Journal article
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From listening to understanding: interpreting young children’s perspectives

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
2017 | Journal article
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Why play doesn’t always mean learning, and ways around it

Early Start, Wollongong, Australia, 27/09/17
2017 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Yeshe Colliver
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Macquarie University

Fostering young children’s interest in numeracy through demonstration of its value

Mathematics Education Research Journal
2017-12-24 | Journal article
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'Let's go to the museum'

2017-12-08 | Report | Author
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Contributors: Sheila Degotardi; Fay Hadley; Helen Little; Yeshe Colliver; Katherine Highfield
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Macquarie University

Children’s right to play and its benefits

2017-10-27 | Magazine article | Author
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Contributors: Yeshe Colliver
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Macquarie University

From listening to understanding: Interpreting young children's perspectives

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
2017-10-01 | Journal article
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Yeshe Colliver

Children’s outdoor play in the Solomon Islands

The SAGE Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning
2017-05-05 | Book chapter
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Yeshe Colliver

Children’s outdoor play in the Solomon Islands

The SAGE Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning
2016 | Book chapter
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Mothers' perspectives on learning through play in the home

Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
2016 | Journal article
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Yeshe Colliver

‘I already know what I learned’: Young children’s perspectives on learning through play.

Early Child Development and Care
2016 | Journal article
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Yeshe Colliver

Mothers' perspectives on learning through play in the home

Australian Journal of Early Childhood
2016-03 | Journal article | Author
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Macquarie University

Leaning through play, Australian educators' perspectives, and the Early Years Learning Framework

Early Start, Australia, 28/09/15
2015 | Conference abstract | Author
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Young children's perspectives on their learning through play

16th Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, 24/07/15
2015 | Conference abstract | Author
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Macquarie University

Supported playgroups in schools: What matters for caregivers and their children?

Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
2014 | Journal article
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Yeshe Colliver

The camera is not a methodology: Towards a framework for understanding young children's use of video cameras

Early Child Development and Care
2014 | Journal article
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Yeshe Colliver

Supported playgroups in schools

Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
2014-12-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Karen McLean; Susan Edwards; Yeshe Colliver; Clare Schaper
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Macquarie University
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The camera is not a methodology

Early Child Development and Care
2014-12-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Jo Bird; Yeshe Colliver; Susan Edwards
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Macquarie University
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The five debates

Early childhood folio
2012 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Yeshe Colliver
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Macquarie University

The five debates: Simplifying the contemporary play literature

Early Childhood Folio
2012 | Journal article
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Yeshe Colliver

The five debates: Simplifying the contemporary play literature

Early Childhood Folio
2012 | Journal article
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State of play

AARE 2011 Conference Proceedings
2011 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Yeshe Colliver
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Macquarie University

‘I already know what I learned’: Young children’s perspectives on learning through play

Early Child Development and Care
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Contributors: Colliver, Yeshe; Fleer, Marilyn
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Yeshe Colliver via ResearcherID
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for British journal of educational psychology. (1)