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Play and Educational Theory and Practice
Donald E. Lytle, ed.
ISBN: 1-56750-684-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-684-6
352 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/2003
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £68.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
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.
LCC Class: 155
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