Contemporary perspectives on play in early childhood education

This text looks at how the study of play has gained attention and concerns about play in young children have emerged. Ten chapters examine the understanding of play and its theories, play in school, pre-school and theories of pretence, mental representation and humour development.

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Other Authors Saracho, Olivia N. (Editor), Spodek, Bernard (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2003.
SeriesContemporary perspectives in early childhood education.
Subjects
Play.
Early childhood education.
Education > Schools > Levels > Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten)
Early childhood care and education.
Pre-school and kindergarten.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781918117196
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-527-1
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 183 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, historical antecedents of early childhood education play / Olivia Saracho and Bernard Spodek
  • Understanding play and its theories / Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek
  • Spontaneous play in the 21st century / Fergus P. Hughes
  • Theories of pretense, mental representation, and humor development / Doris Bergen
  • Play in school, the teacher role--reforms and recent research / Ole Fredrik Lillemyr
  • Young children's play and cognitive style / Olivia N. Saracho
  • On the relation between play and symbolic thought : the case of mathematics manipulatives / David H. Uttal
  • Play and early development and education : the instantiation of parental belief systems / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine ... [et al.]
  • Play in children : an attachment perspective / Gary Creasey and Patricia Jarvis
  • The teening of preschool play / Francine Smolucha
  • Early childhood educational play / Bernard Spodek and Olivia N. Saracho.

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