Play : a polyphony of research, theories, and issues / edited by Lynn E. Cohen, Sandra Waite-Stupiansky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, Lynn E.

Waite-Stupiansky, Sandra.

Series:

Play & culture studies ; v. 12.

Play & culture studies ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Play--Social aspects.

Play.

Recreation--Social aspects.

Recreation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : University Press of America, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume addresses the study of play from an interdisciplinary cadre of scholars in the fields of anthropology, education, psychology, linguistics, and history. In this time of globalization, hyper-capitalism, and discourses that disqualify children's play, we invite the reader to participate in diverse ways of thinking about play and pedagogy.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I. A POLYPHONY OF PLAY: RESEARCHERS' VOICES; Chapter One. Children's Playful Consumption: The Hidden Negotiations of the Playground and the Home; Chapter Two. Children's Play Preferences in the Pacific Rim: Then and Now; Chapter Three. Implementing a Playful Pedagogy in a Standards-Driven Curriculum: Rationale for Action Research in Teacher Education; Chapter Four. Family Words as Creative and Affiliative Play; Section II. A POLYPHONY OF PLAY: THEORISTS' VOICES

Chapter Five. The Conservation of Meaning as a Function of Constraints in the Social Context of Puzzles: Piaget's Social Theory RevisitedChapter Six. Pinpointing Play at the Edge of the Uncanny Valley; Section III. A POLYPHONY OF PLAY: VOICES FROM TECHNOLOGY; Chapter Seven. Play, Technology Toy Affordances, and Brain Development-Research Needs and Policy Issues; Chapter Eight. Game-ify Learning: Using What We Know about Games and Play to Motivate Learners; Section IV. A POLYPHONY OF PLAY: ADVOCATES' VOICES

Chapter Nine. Play in the New Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Analysis and CritiqueChapter Ten. Preserving Play in Early Childhood Classrooms: Suggestions for Early Childhood Teacher Education and Policy; Index; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7618-8692-3

1-280-65756-1

9786613634498

0-7618-5694-3

OCLC:

845244142