Theory in Context and Out

Subjects:

• Education » Education (General)
• Education » Childhood & Elementary Education

Reviews:

• Scholarly analyses and reports of research from diverse disciplines amplify our understanding of play in Western and on-Western societies.
  —Adolescence Fall 2005
• ...offers many ideas for achieving a more balanced study of American Society
  —American Studies International June 2002

Table of Contents:

• Introduction Stuart Reifel
• Foundations and Theory of Play
• What is Play For? Sexual Selection & the Evolution of Play Garry Chick
• Reframing the Validity of Players & Play Brian Sutton-Smith
• Play & Post Modernism Thomas Henricks
• The Concept of Play in Hans-Georg Gadamer's Hermeneutics Kjetil Steinsholt and Eli Traasdahl
• Symbolic Play & the Evolution of Culture: A Comparative Life History Perspective Warren P. Roberts
• Gender and Children's Play
• Boys Who Play Hopsctoch: The Historical Divide of Gendered Space Derek Van Rheen
• The Interaction of Gender & Play Style in the Development of Gender Segregation Julie Tietz and Stephanie Shine
• Boys and Girls at Play: Recess at an Urban Southern Elementary School Olga S. Jarrett, Beth Farokhi, Gwen Davies and Catharine Young
• Theory of Mind
• Explaining the Connection: Pretend Play and Theory of Mind Angeline Lillard
• Imaginary Companions: Charactheristics and Correlates Marjorie Taylor, Stephanie M. Carlson and Lynn Gerow
• A Study of Pretend Play and False Belief in Preschool Children: Is All Pretense Metarepresentational? Mark Nielsen and Cheryl Dissanayake
• A Developmental Link Between the Production of Gestural Representation and Understanding of Mental Representation Thomas Suddendorf
• Pretending, Understanding, Pretense, and Understanding Minds Angeline Lillard
• Understanding the Pretense-Theory of Mind Relationship Kavanaugh
• Adult-Child Play
• Maternal Scaffolding of Taiwanese Play: Qualitative Patterns Jui-Chih Chin and Stuart Reifel
• Paternal Notions About Their Children's Playfulness & Children's Notions of Play in the United States and Hong Kong Robyn Holmes
• Validity of Three Tests of Playfulness with African-American Children and Their Parents and Relationships Amoung Parental Beliefs and Values and Children's Observed Playfulness Carolyn Porter and Anita Bundy
• Attitudes of Parents and Teachers About Play Aggression in Young Children James E. Johnson, Susan J. Welteroth, and Susan M. Corl
• Classroom Play
• Play as a Learning Medium Revisited James Christie
• The Effects of Situational Context on Playful Behaviors of Young Preschool Children Arleen T. Dodd, Jeanne T. Wilson and Cosby S. Rogers
• Bilingual Children's Language Usage During Dramatic Play My-ae Han, Alfredo Benavides, and James Christie
• Factors in Three-to-Five-Year-Old Children's Play Olivia N. Saracho
• Index