Children and Play Understanding Children's Worlds

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ISBN: 9780631235217 | 0631235213
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Copyright: 5/4/2009

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Children and Play offers comprehensive coverage of theoretical, cross-cultural, and evolutionary perspectives on the role of play in child development. It is an easy-to-read resource with significant insights for parents, educators, and clinicians.

Series Editor's Preface	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. x
an Introduction to Play	p. 1
Why Play?	p. 1
Examples of What Is and What Is Not Play	p. 2
Characteristics of Playful Behavior	p. 4
Types of Play	p. 8
Things That Are Probably Not Play: Exploration, Stereotypic Behavior, Work, Rule-Governed Games	p. 10
Methods of Studying Play	p. 12
Plan of the Book	p. 20
A Brief History of the Study of Play and of Play Theories	p. 21
Early European Educators and the Role of Play	p. 22
Evolutionary Theory and Play: Darwin, Spencer, and Groos	p. 24
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Play	p. 27
The Play Ethos	p. 27
Anthropological Perspectives on Play	p. 30
Psychological Perspectives: Vygotsky and Piaget	p. 31
Developmental Sequences in Play: Piaget, Smilansky, Rubin	p. 35
More Recent Play Theorists	p. 39
Animal Play: Definitions and Descriptions	p. 41
Possible Play in Birds, Lower Vertebrates, and Invertebrates	p. 41
Play in Mammals	p. 44
Some Examples of Mammalian Play	p. 46
Do All Mammals Play?	p. 52
Play in Monkeys and Apes	p. 54
Animal Play: Theoretical Perspectives on Function	p. 62
Theories and Evidence Concerning the Evolution and Adaptive Value of Animal Play	p. 62
Examining Possible Benefits of Play	p. 70
General Views on the Benefits of Play	p. 70
The Possible Relevance for Human Play of Studying Animal Play	p. 77
Play in Different Cultures	p. 80
Parakanã Children	p. 81
Factors Contributing to Cultural Similarities and Differences	p. 85
Similarities and Differences across Cultures	p. 95
Physical Activity Play: Exercise Play and Rough-and-Tumble	p. 99
Stages in Physical Activity Play	p. 100
Rough-and-Tumble Play	p. 104
Sex Differences in Physical Activity Play	p. 113
Functions of Physical Activity Play	p. 115
Object Play	p. 124
Sensorimotor or Functional Play	p. 124
Beyond the Sensorimotor Period	p. 131
Functions of Object Play	p. 134
Experiments with Object Play and Creative Problem-Solving	p. 140
Pretend Play: Description	p. 148
Definitions of Pretend or Fantasy Play	p. 148
The Development of Pretend Play in Children	p. 155
Solitary and Social Pretend Play	p. 157
Sociodramatic Play	p. 158
Imaginary Companions	p. 159
Distinguishing Fantasy and Reality	p. 161
Gender Differences	p. 163
Pretend Play and Friendship	p. 163
Other Factors Affecting Pretend Play	p. 165
A Universal Human Feature?	p. 166
Children with Autism	p. 167
Pretend Play as a Lifespan Activity?	p. 168
Pretend Play: Theories and Functions	p. 170
Arguments for Benefits of Pretend or Fantasy Play	p. 170
Theories Concerning the Function of Pretend Play	p. 172
Models of the Role of Pretend Play in Development	p. 178
Evidence for the Functions of Pretend Play	p. 180
Experimental Studies	p. 188
Some Practical Issues Concerning Play	p. 194
The Role of Parents in Encouraging and Structuring Children's Play	p. 194
The Role of Play in the Early Childhood Curriculum: Play Training	p. 196
Attitudes to War Play	p. 197
The Arguments For (and Against) Recess Breaks	p. 201
The Role of Play in Helping Children under Stress, or with Illness or Disability	p. 205
Concluding Comments: Play and the Middle Way	p. 213
Play: Ignored or Idealized?	p. 213
References	p. 218
Author Index	p. 247
Subject Index	p. 253
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