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Title Play : a polyphony of research, theories, and issues / edited by Lynn E. Cohen, Sandra Waite-Stupiansky
Published Lanham : University Press of America, 2012
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages) : illustrations
Series Play & culture studies ; 12
Play & culture studies ; v. 12.
Contents Children's playful consumption : the hidden negotiations of the playground and the home / Abby Loebenberg -- Children's play preferences in the Pacific rim : then and now / Robyn M. Holmes -- Implementing a playful pedagogy in a standards-driven curriculum : rationale for action research in teacher education / Michael M. Patte -- Family words as creative and affiliative play / Evangeline E. Nwokah, Kelly N. Graves and Joanne Naylor -- The conservation of meaning as a function of constraints in the social context of puzzles : Piaget's social theory revisited / Keith R. Alward -- Pinpointing play at the edge of the uncanny valley / Scott G. Eberle -- Play, technology toy affordances, and brain development : research needs and policy issues / Doris Bergen -- Game-ify learning : using what we know about games and play to motivate learners / Nancy Marksbury -- Play in the new Developmentally appropriate practice : analysis and critique / David Kuscher -- Preserving play in early childhood classrooms : suggestions for early childhood teacher education and policy / Jennifer A. Vu, Myae Han and Martha J. Buell
Summary This volume addresses the study of play from an interdisciplinary cadre of scholars in the fields of anthropology, education, psychology, linguistics, and history. In this time of globalization, hyper-capitalism, and discourses that disqualify children's play, we invite the reader to participate in diverse ways of thinking about play and pedagogy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Play -- Social aspects
Recreation -- Social aspects
Leisure -- Social aspects
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Child Development.
Play -- Social aspects
Recreation -- Social aspects
Spielforschung
Form Electronic book
Author Cohen, Lynn E.
Waite-Stupiansky, Sandra
LC no. 2011936097
ISBN 9780761856948
0761856943
1280657561
9781280657566
9786613634498
6613634492