Building executive function in imaginary play

该项目旨在制定一个可持续的、以游戏为基础的方案，以提高儿童在上学前一年的执行功能。执行功能（EF）是控制个体行为和认知的认知过程，包括工作记忆、抑制控制和注意力等过程。有证据表明，EF技能是一个成功的过渡到正式的学习环境和未来的学术成就的关键，他们是经得起早期干预。在上学前一年提高儿童的EF技能可以在整个学年产生持久的好处，特别是对更弱势的儿童。该项目旨在为幼儿教育专业发展方案提供信息。

This project aims to develop a sustainable, play-based program to increase the executive functions of children in the year prior to school. Executive functions (EF) are cognitive processes that control an individual’s behaviour and cognition and include processes such as working memory, inhibitory control and attention. There is evidence that EF skills are critical to a successful transition to formal learning environments and future academic achievement, and that they are amenable to early intervention. Improving children’s EF skills in the year prior to school could produce lasting benefits across the school years, particularly for more vulnerable children. This project intends to inform professional development programs in early childhood education.