| Description |
xvi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 10.Understanding Taiwanese children's play via constructing and reconstructing: a prospective vision / Pei-Yu Chang -- 11.Japanese preschoolers rule the classroom through play / Yoko Ito -- 12."Children's work is to play": beliefs and practices related to childhood play among Indians / Shashi Shukla -- 13.Woolloomooloo and cross the Domain ... Australian children's play / Gwenda Beed Davey -- pt. IV Europe and Turkey -- 14.Play in a Swedish preschool context / Anette Sandberg -- 15.The capture of play within policy discourses: a critical analysis of the UK frameworks for early childhood education / Elizabeth Wood -- 16.Children's play in the Estonian context / Rain Mikser -- 17.Play in a Turkish cultural context / Nesrin Isikoglu Erdogan -- pt. V Synthesis -- 18.Synthesis and perspectives on twenty-first-century play around the world / David Kuschner |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Play as culturally situated: diverse perspectives on its meaning and significance / Jalpaul L. Roopnarlne -- pt. I Americas and the Caribbean -- 2.Yucatec Mayan children's play / Suzanne Gaskins -- 3.Brazilian children at play: reviewing relationships between play and culture / Ana M. A. Carvalho -- 4.Play in Caribbean cultural communities / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine -- 5.The ecology of play among young children of Mexican origin seasonal farmworkers / Smita Mathur -- 6.The play behavior of African American children: the need for a cultural prism / Erika L. Bocknek -- 7.Play and Asian American children / Eunjoo Jung -- 8.Traditional Native American children's play: the nature-culture connection / Margaret Cooney -- pt. II Africa -- 9.Take me to the (dry) river: children's play in Turkana pastoralist communities of Kenya / John Teria Ng'asike -- pt. III Asia and the Pacific -- |
| Summary |
This book provides an analysis of children's play across many different cultural communities around the globe. Each chapter discusses children's play as an activity important for formal and informal education, mental health and childhood well-being, and children's hobbies and past-times. Traditional, modern and postmodern play forms are discussed and probed for their meaning within a contemporary global community. This book addresses the functions that this phenomenon serves for indigenous cultures and the problems that arise due to the globalization of educational and social resources. Issues that are covered include the importance of conceptualizing the relationship between play and culture, how play varies both within and between cultures, children's non-play activities in relation to play activities, how play is learned and how adults, parents and teachers, as well as older peers and siblings, are all important influences on the play of children |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Child development -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Child development.
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Early childhood education -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Play -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Play -- Psychological aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Early childhood education.
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Social skills in children -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Author |
Johnson, James E. (James Ewald), 1947- editor
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Kuschner, David S., 1948- editor
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Patte, Michael M., editor
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Roopnarine, Jaipaul L., editor
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| ISBN |
0335262880 |
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9780335262885 |
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