Play from Birth to Twelve

Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings
Herausgeber: Bergen, Doris; Fromberg, Doris Pronin

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Produktbeschreibung

In light of recent standards-based and testing movements, the issue of play in child development has taken on increased meaning for educational professionals and social scientists. This third edition of Play From Birth to Twelve offers comprehensive coverage of what we now know about play and its guiding principles, dynamics, and importance in early learning. These up-to-date essays, written by some of the most distinguished experts in the field, help educators, psychologists, anthropologists, parents, health service personnel, and students explore a variety of theoretical and practical ideas, such as: all aspects of play, including historical and diverse perspectives as well as new approaches not yet covered in the literature how teachers in various classroom situations set up and guide play to facilitate learning how play is affected by societal violence, media reportage, technological innovations, and other contemporary issues play and imagination within the current scope of educational policies, childrearing methods, educational variations, cultural differences, and intellectual diversity New chapters in the third edition of Play From Birth to Twelve cover current and projected future developments in the field of play, such as executive function, neuroscience, autism, play in museums, "small world" play, global issues, media, and technology. The book also suggests ways to support children's play across different environments at home, in communities, and within various institutional settings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 494
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1117g
• ISBN-13: 9781138804128
• ISBN-10: 1138804126
• Artikelnr.: 41610373

Autorenporträt

Doris Pronin Fromberg is Professor Emerita at Hofstra University, USA. Doris Bergen is Distinguished Professor Emerita at Miami University of Ohio, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction, Doris Pronin Fromberg and Doris Bergen
Part I Perspectives on Play Development
1 Play Development from Birth to Age Four, Barbara P. Garner and Doris
Bergen
2 Play Development from Ages Four to Eight Years, James E. Johnson
3 Play and Socialization in Middle Childhood, Doris Bergen and Doris P.
Fromberg
4 Gender Identity and Play, Melanie M. Ayres, Aliya Khan, and Leslie D.
Levé
5 Play as Children See It, Nancy W. Wiltz and Greta G. Fein
6 Can I Play Too? Reflections on the Issues for Children with Disabilities,
Gayle Mindes
7. Play's Role and Meaning in the Lives of Children with Autism, Pamela
Wolfberg
8. Play and Gifted Children, Annemarie Roeper
9 Play in the Context of Lifespan Human Development, Valeria J. Freysinger
Part II Meanings of Play
10 The Meanings in Play with Objects, Shirley K. Morgenthaler
11 Social and Nonsocial Play, Robert J. Coplan, Laura L. Ooi, Alison
Kirkpatrick, and Kenneth H. Rubin
12 Language and Play: Natural Partners, Jane Ilene Freeman Davidson
13 Sociodramatic Play Pretending Together, Patricia Monighan Nourot
14 Constructive Play, George Forman
15 Rough-and-Tumble Play from Childhood through Adolescence: Differing
Perspectives, Anthony D. Pellegrini,
16 Games with Rules, Rheta DeVries
17 Play as a Context for Humor Development, Doris Bergen
Part III Educational Contexts for Play
18 Adult Influences on Play: The Vygotskian Approach, Elena Bodrova and
Deborah J. Leong
19 Social Play in School, Jeffrey Trawick-Smith
20 Play as a Medium for Literacy Development, James F. Christie and
Kathleen Roskos
21 Play and Mathematics in Kindergarten, Constance Kamii
22 Scientific Inquiry and Exploratory Representational Play, Christopher R.
Wolfe, R. Hays Cummins, Christopher A. Myer, and Elizabeth M. Cedillos
23 Technology Play and Learning, Lena Lee
24 Technology Play Concerns, Diane E. Levin
25 The Role of Play in Assessment, Diane Parham
26 Reconciling Play and Assessment Standards, Doris Bergen
Part IV Social and Physical Contexts for Play
27 Play in Historical and Cross-Cultural Contexts, Donna R. Barnes
28 Influences of Race, Culture, Social Class, and Gender: Diversity and
Play, Patricia G. Ramsey
29 Parent-Child and Child-Child Play in Diverse Cultural Contexts, Jaipaul
L. Roopnarine and Aimbika Krishnakumar
30 Sibling and Peer Influences on Play, Sherri Oden, Kathleen O. Gray, and
Janie A. Winn
31 The Cultural and Familial Contexts of Caregiver Support for Children's
Pretend Play, Wendy Haight and Minhae Cho
32 City Play, Amanda Dargan and Steve Zeitlin
33 Playful Experiences for Children in Museums, Donna R. Barnes
34 Children's Outdoor Play: An Endangered Activity, Mary S. Rivkin
35 Perspectives on Play and Playgrounds, Joe L. Frost and Irma C. Woods
36 Play as Ritual in Health Care Settings, Laura Gaynard
37 Clinical Perspectives on Play, Karen Gitlin-Weiner
Part V Particular Meanings Embedded in Play
38 The Struggle Between Sacred Play and Festive Play, Brian Sutton-Smith
39 Fantasy and Imagination, Dorothy G. Singer and Jerome L. Singer
40 Sociocultural Influences on Gender-Role Behaviors in Children's Play,
Alice Sterling Honig
41 Play and Violence: Understanding and Responding Effectively, Diane E.
Levin
42 Protean Selves, Trading Zones, and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: The Role
of Play in Future Progress, Karen VanderVen
43 How Nonlinear Systems Inform Meaning and Early Education, Doris Pronin
Fromberg
44 Play, Technology Toy Affordances and Brain Development, Doris Bergen
45. Play and the Origin of Species, Michael Ellis
Epilogue: Emerging and Future Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings for
Play, Doris Bergen and Doris Pronin Fromberg
Contributors
Index