Play and Educational Theory and Practice

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Donald E. Lytle, ed.

ISBN: 1-56750-684-4

ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-684-6

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352 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 6/30/2003

List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £68.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Play & Culture Studies

Awards:

Choice Outstanding Academic Titles, 2004

Description: Combining the research talents of many long-standing members of the Association for the Study of Play, this work provides discussions of the theory and applied value of play, as well as ongoing research from America, Australia, Taiwan, and Korea. The developmental and educational theories of Lev Semenovich Vygotsky are analyzed in several chapters. The world's premiere play scholar, Brian Sutton-Smith, continues his seminal play theory work, following up on previously presented findings and constructing a developmental theory of play based on emotions.

Chapters address:

Play as a parody of emotional vulnerability
Learning to observe children at play
Symbolic play through the eyes and words of children
The activities of children at recess in middle school

Professors, teachers, scholars, and university students interested in early childhood education, child development, play theory and practice, and preschool and elementary education will find this volume of interest.

Table of Contents:

Series Editor's Note
Introduction and Acknowlegements by Don Lytle, Editor
Play Theory and Research
Play as a Parody of Emotional Vulnerability by Brian Sutton-Smith
Simmel: On Sociability as the Play-form of Human Association by Thomas Henricks
An Introduction to Research in Psychology: Learning to Observe Children at Play by Dana L. Gross
Where Is Play by Patrick Biesty
Vygotskian Theory and Scaffolding
Putting Vygotsky to the Test by E. Beverley Lambert and Margaret Clyde
Play, Activity and Thought: Reflections on Piaget's and Vygotsky's Theories by Rosario Ortega
Verbal Scaffolding and Complexity of Block Constructions by Kara M. Gregory, Ansook Kim, and Alice Whiren
Children's Playfulness and Learning
Levels of Analysis in Pretend Play Discourse: Metacommunication in Conversational Routines by R. Keith Sawyer
Symbolic Play Through Eyes and Words of Children by Janet K. Sawyers and Nathalie Carrick
Rural Children's Play in the Natural Environment by Betty Beach
Children's Play, Humor, and Education
Play on Words: Humor as the Means of Developing Authentic Learning by Phil Fitzsimmons and Barbra Mckenzie
When I Play Funny It Makes Me Laugh: Implications for Early Childhood Educators in Developing Humor Through Play by Grace Masselos
Recess in a Middle School: What Do the Students DO? by Olga Jarrett
Questioning Play and Work, Early Childhood and Pedagogy by Jeanette Rhedding-Jones
Asian Play Dynamics
Play, Racial Attitudes, and Self-Concept in Taiwan by Stuart Reifel and Li-Chun "Sandy" Chang
Contextual Understanding of Children's Play in Taiwanese Kindergartens by Pei-Yu Chang
Contextual Difference in Korean Mother-Child Interactions: A Study of Scaffolding Behaviors by Joe L. Frost and Seunghwa Jwa
Author Index
Subject Index

About the Author: DONALD E. LYTLE is a professor in the Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science at California State University, Chico. He is the Philosophy Chair of the National Association of Sport and Physical Education Council.

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