Play From Birth To Twelve (contexts, Perspectives, And Meanings)

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Edited by Fromberg Doris Pronin; Edited by Bergen Doris

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This third edition of Play From Birth to Twelve offers comprehensive coverage of what we now know about play and its guiding principles, dynamics, and importance in early learning.

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In light of recent standards-based and testing movements, the issue of play in child development has taken on increased meaning for educational professionals and social scientists. This third edition of Play From Birth to Twelve offers comprehensive coverage of what we now know about play and its guiding principles, dynamics, and importance in early learning. These up-to-date essays, written by some of the most distinguished experts in the field, help educators, psychologists, anthropologists, parents, health service personnel, and students explore a variety of theoretical and practical ideas, such as:

• all aspects of play, including historical and diverse perspectives as well as 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
• play and imagination within the current scope of educational policies, childrearing methods, educational variations, cultural differences, and intellectual diversity

New chapters in the third edition of Play From Birth to Twelve cover current and projected future developments in the field of play, such as executive function, neuroscience, autism, play in museums, “small world” play, global issues, media, and technology. The book also suggests ways to support children’s play across different environments at home, in communities, and within various institutional settings.

Table of contents:

Preface

Introduction, Doris Pronin Fromberg and Doris Bergen

Part I Perspectives on Play Development

1 Play Development from Birth to Age Four, Barbara P. Garner and Doris Bergen

2 Play Development from Ages Four to Eight Years, James E. Johnson

3 Play and Socialization in Middle Childhood, Doris Bergen and Doris P. Fromberg

4 Gender Identity and Play, Melanie M. Ayres, Aliya Khan, and Leslie D. Levé

5 Play as Children See It, Nancy W. Wiltz and Greta G. Fein

6 Can I Play Too? Reflections on the Issues for Children with Disabilities, Gayle Mindes

7. Play’s Role and Meaning in the Lives of Children with Autism, Pamela Wolfberg

8. Play and Gifted Children, Annemarie Roeper

9 Play in the Context of Lifespan Human Development, Valeria J. Freysinger

Part II Meanings of Play

10 The Meanings in Play with Objects, Shirley K. Morgenthaler

11 Social and Nonsocial Play, Robert J. Coplan, Laura L. Ooi, Alison Kirkpatrick, and Kenneth H. Rubin

12 Language and Play: Natural Partners, Jane Ilene Freeman Davidson

13 Sociodramatic Play Pretending Together, Patricia Monighan Nourot

14 Constructive Play, George Forman

15 Rough-and-Tumble Play from Childhood through Adolescence: Differing Perspectives, Anthony D. Pellegrini,

16 Games with Rules, Rheta DeVries

17 Play as a Context for Humor Development, Doris Bergen

Part III Educational Contexts for Play

18 Adult Influences on Play: The Vygotskian Approach, Elena Bodrova and Deborah J. Leong

19 Social Play in School, Jeffrey Trawick-Smith

20 Play as a Medium for Literacy Development, James F. Christie and Kathleen Roskos

21 Play and Mathematics in Kindergarten, Constance Kamii

22 Scientific Inqu