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The Handbook of the Study of Play.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (546 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781475807967
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Handbook of the Study of PlayDDC classification:
  • 790
LOC classification:
  • B105.P54 -- .H358 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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