Play from Birth to Twelve: Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings

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Doris Pronin Fromberg, Doris Bergen
Routledge, Nov 12, 2012 - Education - 480 pages

In light of recent standards-based and testing movements, the issue of play in childhood has taken on increased meaning for educational professionals and social scientists. This second edition of Play From Birth to Twelve offers comprehensive coverage of what we now know about play, its guiding principles, its dynamics and importance in early learning. These up-to-date essays, written by some of the most distinguished experts in the field, help students explore:

  • all aspects of play, including new approaches not yet covered in the literature
  • how teachers in various classroom situations set up and guide play to facilitate learning
  • how play is affected by societal violence, media reportage, technological innovations and other contemporary issues
  • which areas of play have been studied adequately and which require further research.

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Contents

Perspectives on Play Development
1
Meanings of Play
63
Educational Contexts for Play
157
Social and Physical Contexts for Play
241
Particular Meanings Embedded in Play
369
Emerging and Future Contexts Perspectives and Meanings for Play
417
Contributors
427
Index
437
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