Overview
Historical changes in play are taking place in childhood all over the world, with the digitalisation of children’s lives. Researchers are worried about the disappearance of advanced forms of play and the prioritization of time spent with loving adults, supporting play with babies and toddlers. At the same time, our understanding about the crucial importance of individual development is becoming clearer. The Routledge International Handbook of Early Childhood Play explores these issues and more. It proposes the importance of adult participation in play, as adult guidance brings the possibility of moral, cultural and symbolic elements to children’s play, and enhances the educational opportunities in adult-child joint play. The book also examines the aesthetic dimension of play and its role in the development of imagination and creativity. With contributors from many parts of the world, this unique handbook brings together the latest research and highlights practice which focuses on play. This is an essential and engaging read for all students, academics, teachers and practitioners with an interest in play.
Full Product Details
Author: Tina Bruce ,
Pentti Hakkarainen (Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences) ,
Milda Bredikyte (Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.725kg
ISBN: 9781138833715
ISBN 10: 1138833711
Pages: 438
Publication Date: 07 June 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The critical importance of play in early childhood development of children has long been acknowledged but can often be a struggle to defend given the pressures on early childhood in the 21st century. This handbook from a well-respected and diverse group of scholars and practitioners is both timely and enormously helpful to those in the field who are attempting to promote the importance of play in their professional work with parents and young children. They each bring their diverse research and development experience together and attempt the courageous joint act of producing an integrated and unifying play theory. Individually each chapter provides an insight into reflective and dialogic research and practice, but collectively they stand as a model of critical thinking and theory making for practice. As such this handbook should be required reading for students and scholars engaged in early childhood studies, and all practitioner teams aiming to develop excellence in their play practice. - <strong>Professor Chris Pascal</strong>, Director, Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC)
The critical importance of play in early childhood development of children has long been acknowledged but can often be a struggle to defend given the pressures on early childhood in the 21st century. This handbook from a well-respected and diverse group of scholars and practitioners is both timely and enormously helpful to those in the field who are attempting to promote the importance of play in their professional work with parents and young children. They each bring their diverse research and development experience together and attempt the courageous joint act of producing an integrated and unifying play theory. Individually each chapter provides an insight into reflective and dialogic research and practice, but collectively they stand as a model of critical thinking and theory making for practice. As such this handbook should be required reading for students and scholars engaged in early childhood studies, and all practitioner teams aiming to develop excellence in their play practice. - <strong>Professor Chris Pascal</strong>, Director, Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC)</p> The Routledge Handbook of Early Childhood Play is a very timely and impressive volume. The current resurgence in interest in children's play is both multi-disciplinary and increasingly cross-cultural, and this book represents this new flourishing in both these dimensions. At the same time, the central significance of play within early childhood development, which is finally beginning to be taken on board by the wider research community, is marvellously exemplified is many of the 28 chapters. This book needs to be on the shelf of every serious student of early child development. - <b>Dr. David Whitebread</b>, Director, Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and Learning (PEDAL), University of Cambridge </p>
""The critical importance of play in early childhood development of children has long been acknowledged but can often be a struggle to defend given the pressures on early childhood in the 21st century. This handbook from a well-respected and diverse group of scholars and practitioners is both timely and enormously helpful to those in the field who are attempting to promote the importance of play in their professional work with parents and young children. They each bring their diverse research and development experience together and attempt the courageous joint act of producing an integrated and unifying play theory. Individually each chapter provides an insight into reflective and dialogic research and practice, but collectively they stand as a model of critical thinking and theory making for practice. As such this handbook should be required reading for students and scholars engaged in early childhood studies, and all practitioner teams aiming to develop excellence in their play practice."" - Professor Chris Pascal, Director, Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC) ""The Routledge Handbook of Early Childhood Play is a very timely and impressive volume. The current resurgence in interest in children's play is both multi-disciplinary and increasingly cross-cultural, and this book represents this new flourishing in both these dimensions. At the same time, the central significance of play within early childhood development, which is finally beginning to be taken on board by the wider research community, is marvellously exemplified is many of the 28 chapters. This book needs to be on the shelf of every serious student of early child development."" - Dr. David Whitebread, Director, Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and Learning (PEDAL), University of Cambridge
Author Information
Tina Bruce was formerly Director of the Centre for Early Childhood Education, University of Roehampton. She has a long and distinguished publishing career and was co-ordinator of the Early Years Ministerial Advisory Group for ten years, contributing to the ‘Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage’, ‘Birth to Three matters’, and the English Early Years Foundation Stage. Pentti Hakkarainen is Professor of the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences. Milda Bredikyte is Associated Professor of the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology and a coordinator of research and teaching activities of the Play Research Laboratory at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences.
