R Keith Sawyer

Pretend Play As Improvisation

Conversation in the Preschool Classroom

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines preschoolers' pretend play in the context of a theory of improvisational performance genres. The text argues that the social skills gained from improvisation are linked to the child's developing ability to improvise with other creative performers.

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First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780805821192
• ISBN-10: 0805821198
• Artikelnr.: 21157110

Autorenporträt

Sawyer, R. Keith

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: W.A. Corsaro, Foreword. Preface. Introduction: Play as
Improvisational Performance. Play and Conversation. An Improvisational
Theory of Children's Play. Studying Pretend Play in the Preschool
Classroom. Performance Style and Performances. Joining the Performance: The
Metapragmatics of Play Entry. The Improvisational Exchange: Using
Metapragmatic Strategies to Negotiate the Play Frame. The Performance of
Play: Children's Group Improvisations. Improvisation and Development.