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While teachers value children's play, they often do not know how to guide that play to make it more educational. This volume reflects current research in the child development and early childhood education fields.

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Author:   Olivia N. Saracho ,  Bernard Spodek
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780791436165

ISBN 10:   0791436160
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   15 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: Play in Early Childhood Education Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek 1. A Historical Overview of Theories of Play Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek 2. Playing with a Theory of Mind Angeline S. Lillard 3. The Social Origins of Mind: Post-Piagetian Perspectives on Pretend Play Larry Smolucha and Francine Smolucha 4. Seeing through Symbols: The Development of Children's Understanding of Symbolic Relations David H. Uttal, Donald P. Marzolf, Sophia L. Pierroutsakos, Catherine M. Smith, Georgene L. Troseth, Kathryn V. Scudder, and Judy S. DeLoache 5. The Development of Pretense and Narrative in Early Childhood Robert D. Kavanaugh and Susan Engel 6. Play as an Opportunity for Literacy Kathleen Roskos and Susan B. Neuman 7. Play and Social Competence Gary L. Creasey, Patricia A. Jarvis, and Laura E. Berk 8. Social and Nonsocial Play in Childhood: An Individual Differences Perspective Kenneth H. Rubin and Robert J. Coplan 9. Play in Special Populations Fergus P. Hughes 10. The Cultural Contexts of Children's Play Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Jennifer Lasker, Megan Sacks, and Marshall Stores 11. Play and the Assessment of Young Children A. D. Pellegrini 12. What Is Stylish about Play? Olivia N. Saracho 13. Physical Environments and Children's Play Joe L. Frost, Dongju Shin, and Paul J. Jacobs 14. Real and Not Real: A Vital Developmental Dichotomy Brian Vandenberg Contributors Subject Index Author Index

Reviews

"""While reading, I folded the corners of pages I wanted to reread. I found I have many pages with turned corners! The inclusion of the many different perspectives on play (social, literacy, environment, cultural, cognitive) in a single edited volume is helpful."" - Carol Vukelich, University of Delaware"

While reading, I folded the corners of pages I wanted to reread. I found I have many pages with turned corners! The inclusion of the many different perspectives on play (social, literacy, environment, cultural, cognitive) in a single edited volume is helpful. - Carol Vukelich, University of Delaware

Author Information

Olivia N. Saracho is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland. Bernard Spodek is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois. Saracho and Spodek have written several books together, including Right From the Start: Teaching Children Ages Three to Eight and Dealing with Individual Differences in the Early Childhood Classroom.

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