The Handbook of the Study of Play.
Johnson, James E.
The Handbook of the Study of Play. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (546 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Overview -- I: Disciplines -- 1 Integrative Approaches to the Biological Study of Play -- 2 Play in America -- 3 Psychological Approaches to the Study of Play -- 4 Anthropology and the Study of Play -- 5 Parent-Child Play Across Cultures -- 6 Sociological Perspectives on Play -- 7 Studying Play Without Calling It That -- 8 Philosophizing Play -- II: Influential Minds -- 9 Classic Theories of Play -- 10 Modern Theorists of Play -- 11 The Interpretation of Play -- 12 Standing "A Head Taller Than Himself" -- 13 Play Through a Bakhtian Lens -- 14 Piaget's Sympathetic But Unromantic Account of Children's Play -- 15 Play Theory -- III: Applications -- 16 Games Psychotherapists Play -- 17 Play and Early Childhood Education -- 18 Recess and Learning -- 19 The Principles of Playwork -- 20 "Jamming Together" as Musical Play -- 21 Performance, Theater, and Improvisation -- 22 Play Interventions and Therapy -- IV: Challenges -- 23 Where Are We Now? -- 24 A Student's Guide for Understanding Play Through the Theories of Brian Sutton-Smith -- 25 Play Therapy on the Edge -- 26 How Does Play Contribute to Literacy? -- 27 Designing and Creating Playgrounds -- 28 Mapping the Landscape of Children's Play -- 29 Challenges to Research on Play -- 30 Does Play Have to Be Playful? -- 31 Play Fighting and Real Fighting -- 32 Integrating Conceptual Divisions Within and Between the Studies of Play and Well-being -- 33 Give Play a Chance -- Epilogue -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.
Bringing together leading scholarship in the field, this book takes on vital questions of educational policy, of literacy, of fitness, of the role of play in brain development, of spontaneity and pleasure, of well-being and happiness, of fairness, and of the fuller realization of the self.
9781475807967
Play -- Social aspects.
Electronic books.
B105.P54 -- .H358 2015eb
790
The Handbook of the Study of Play. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (546 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Overview -- I: Disciplines -- 1 Integrative Approaches to the Biological Study of Play -- 2 Play in America -- 3 Psychological Approaches to the Study of Play -- 4 Anthropology and the Study of Play -- 5 Parent-Child Play Across Cultures -- 6 Sociological Perspectives on Play -- 7 Studying Play Without Calling It That -- 8 Philosophizing Play -- II: Influential Minds -- 9 Classic Theories of Play -- 10 Modern Theorists of Play -- 11 The Interpretation of Play -- 12 Standing "A Head Taller Than Himself" -- 13 Play Through a Bakhtian Lens -- 14 Piaget's Sympathetic But Unromantic Account of Children's Play -- 15 Play Theory -- III: Applications -- 16 Games Psychotherapists Play -- 17 Play and Early Childhood Education -- 18 Recess and Learning -- 19 The Principles of Playwork -- 20 "Jamming Together" as Musical Play -- 21 Performance, Theater, and Improvisation -- 22 Play Interventions and Therapy -- IV: Challenges -- 23 Where Are We Now? -- 24 A Student's Guide for Understanding Play Through the Theories of Brian Sutton-Smith -- 25 Play Therapy on the Edge -- 26 How Does Play Contribute to Literacy? -- 27 Designing and Creating Playgrounds -- 28 Mapping the Landscape of Children's Play -- 29 Challenges to Research on Play -- 30 Does Play Have to Be Playful? -- 31 Play Fighting and Real Fighting -- 32 Integrating Conceptual Divisions Within and Between the Studies of Play and Well-being -- 33 Give Play a Chance -- Epilogue -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.
Bringing together leading scholarship in the field, this book takes on vital questions of educational policy, of literacy, of fitness, of the role of play in brain development, of spontaneity and pleasure, of well-being and happiness, of fairness, and of the fuller realization of the self.
9781475807967
Play -- Social aspects.
Electronic books.
B105.P54 -- .H358 2015eb
790