Play a polyphony of research, theories, and issues

This volume addresses the study of play from an interdisciplinary cadre of scholars in the fields of anthropology, education, psychology, linguistics, and history. In this time of globalization, hyper-capitalism, and discourses that disqualify children's play, we invite the reader to participat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cohen, Lynn E. (-), Waite-Stupiansky, Sandra
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : University Press of America 2012.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Play & culture studies ; v. 12.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798281106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I. A POLYPHONY OF PLAY: RESEARCHERS' VOICES; Chapter One. Children's Playful Consumption: The Hidden Negotiations of the Playground and the Home; Chapter Two. Children's Play Preferences in the Pacific Rim: Then and Now; Chapter Three. Implementing a Playful Pedagogy in a Standards-Driven Curriculum: Rationale for Action Research in Teacher Education; Chapter Four. Family Words as Creative and Affiliative Play; Section II. A POLYPHONY OF PLAY: THEORISTS' VOICES
  • Chapter Five. The Conservation of Meaning as a Function of Constraints in the Social Context of Puzzles: Piaget's Social Theory RevisitedChapter Six. Pinpointing Play at the Edge of the Uncanny Valley; Section III. A POLYPHONY OF PLAY: VOICES FROM TECHNOLOGY; Chapter Seven. Play, Technology Toy Affordances, and Brain Development-Research Needs and Policy Issues; Chapter Eight. Game-ify Learning: Using What We Know about Games and Play to Motivate Learners; Section IV. A POLYPHONY OF PLAY: ADVOCATES' VOICES
  • Chapter Nine. Play in the New Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Analysis and CritiqueChapter Ten. Preserving Play in Early Childhood Classrooms: Suggestions for Early Childhood Teacher Education and Policy; Index; Contributors