Contemporary perspectives on play in early childhood education / edited by Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saracho, Olivia N., editor.

Spodek, Bernard., editor.

Series:

Contemporary perspectives in early childhood education.

Contemporary perspectives in early childhood education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Play.

Early childhood education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Place of Publication:

Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786611384012

9781281384010

1281384011

9781607525271

1607525275

OCLC:

923173213