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The Oxford handbook of the development of play / edited by Anthony D. Pellegrini.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xiv, 377 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ; casedISBN:
  • 0195393007
  • 9780195393002
  • 9780195393002:
Other title:
  • Handbook of the development of play
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.418
Contents:
Introduction -- Defining and recognizing play -- Cultural variations in beliefs about play, parent-child play, and children's play: meaning for childhood development -- Theories of play -- Comparing and extending Piaget's and Vygotsky's understandings of play: symbolic play as individual, sociocultural, and educational interpretation -- Gene x environment interactions and social play: contributions from Rhesus Macaques -- Playing at every age: modalities and potential functions in non-human primates -- Play and development -- The history of children's play in the United States -- The antipathies of play -- The cultural ecology of play: methodological considerations for studying play in its everyday contexts -- Observational methods in studying play -- Object play and tool use: developmental and evolutionary perspectives -- The development and function of locomotor play -- Not just "playing alone": exploring multiple forms of nonsocial play in childhood -- Internalizing and externalizing disorders during childhood: implications for social play -- Gender and temperament in young children's social interactions -- Social play of children with adults and peers -- Rough and Tumble play: training and using the social brain -- Children's games and playground activities in school and their role in development -- Mother-child fantasy play -- Origins and consequences of social pretend play -- The development of pretend play in autism -- Technology and play -- Playing around in school: implications for learning and educational policy -- Conclusion.
Holdings
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General Lending Carlow Campus Library Wicklow County Campus Lending 155.418 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 In transit from Carlow Campus Library to Wicklow Campus Library since 11/03/2019 70690

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Defining and recognizing play -- Cultural variations in beliefs about play, parent-child play, and children's play: meaning for childhood development -- Theories of play -- Comparing and extending Piaget's and Vygotsky's understandings of play: symbolic play as individual, sociocultural, and educational interpretation -- Gene x environment interactions and social play: contributions from Rhesus Macaques -- Playing at every age: modalities and potential functions in non-human primates -- Play and development -- The history of children's play in the United States -- The antipathies of play -- The cultural ecology of play: methodological considerations for studying play in its everyday contexts -- Observational methods in studying play -- Object play and tool use: developmental and evolutionary perspectives -- The development and function of locomotor play -- Not just "playing alone": exploring multiple forms of nonsocial play in childhood -- Internalizing and externalizing disorders during childhood: implications for social play -- Gender and temperament in young children's social interactions -- Social play of children with adults and peers -- Rough and Tumble play: training and using the social brain -- Children's games and playground activities in school and their role in development -- Mother-child fantasy play -- Origins and consequences of social pretend play -- The development of pretend play in autism -- Technology and play -- Playing around in school: implications for learning and educational policy -- Conclusion.

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