Multiple Perspectives on Play in Early Childhood Education

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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While teachers value children's play, they often do not know how to guide that play to make it more educational. This volume reflects current research in the child development and early childhood education fields.Play has been part of early childhood programs since the initial kindergarten developed by Friedreich Froebel more than one hundred and fifty years ago. While research shows that most teachers value children's play, they often do not know how to guide that play to make it more educational. Too often, in reflecting the value of child-initiated activities, teachers set the stage for children's play, observe it, but hesitate to intervene in that play. They may fear that to intervene is to create a developmentally inappropriate set of educational practices. However, the lack of intervention may limit the educational outcomes of play. Meanwhile, a large body of research exists on different forms of children's play in educational settings that could inform teachers of young children and help them to improve their practice and support more educational play. Saracho and Spodek bring together much of that research in an accessible volume for early childhood teachers and teacher educators.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-01-15
Mått229 x 152 x 26 mm
Vikt463 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor344
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791436165

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Play in Early Childhood EducationOlivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek1. A Historical Overview of Theories of PlayOlivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek2. Playing with a Theory of MindAngeline S. Lillard3. The Social Origins of Mind: Post-Piagetian Perspectives on Pretend PlayLarry Smolucha and Francine Smolucha4. Seeing through Symbols: The Development of Children's Understanding of Symbolic RelationsDavid H. Uttal, Donald P. Marzolf, Sophia L. Pierroutsakos, Catherine M. Smith, Georgene L. Troseth, Kathryn V. Scudder, and Judy S. DeLoache5. The Development of Pretense and Narrative in Early ChildhoodRobert D. Kavanaugh and Susan Engel6. Play as an Opportunity for LiteracyKathleen Roskos and Susan B. Neuman7. Play and Social CompetenceGary L. Creasey, Patricia A. Jarvis, and Laura E. Berk8. Social and Nonsocial Play in Childhood: An Individual Differences PerspectiveKenneth H. Rubin and Robert J. Coplan9. Play in Special PopulationsFergus P. Hughes10. The Cultural Contexts of Children's PlayJaipaul L. Roopnarine, Jennifer Lasker, Megan Sacks, and Marshall Stores11. Play and the Assessment of Young ChildrenA. D. Pellegrini12. What Is Stylish about Play?Olivia N. Saracho13. Physical Environments and Children's PlayJoe L. Frost, Dongju Shin, and Paul J. Jacobs14. Real and Not Real: A Vital Developmental DichotomyBrian VandenbergContributorsSubject IndexAuthor Index