The Cambridge handbook of play : developmental and disciplinary perspectives / edited by Peter K. Smith, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Syracuse University.

Play takes up much of the time budget of young children, and many animals, but its importance in development remains contested. This comprehensive collection brings together multidisciplinary and developmental perspectives on the forms and functions of play in animals, children in different societie...

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Other Authors: Smith, Peter K. (Editor), Roopnarine, Jaipaul L. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Play.
Child development.
Spiel.
Spielforschung.
Spieltheorie > Pädagogik.
Physical Description:xiv, 747 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Editorial introduction / Peter K. Smith and Jaipaul L. Roopnarine
  • New directions in studying the evolution of play / Gordon M. Burghardt and Sergio M. Pellis
  • The neurochemistry of social play behavior in rats / Viviana Trezza, E. J. Marijke Achterberg, and Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren
  • Fun, fur, and future fitness: the evolution of play in mammals / Lynda L. Sharpe
  • Non-human primate social play: coping with costs / Akie Yanagi and Carol Berman
  • Evolutionary functions of play: practice, resilience, innovation, and cooperation / Peter Gray
  • Human-animal play: play with pets / Gail F. Melson
  • Infant sensorimotor play: development of sociocultural competence and enactive cognition / Doris Bergen
  • Mother-child and father-child play in different cultural contexts / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Elif Dede Yildirim, and Kimberly L. Davidson
  • Object use in childhood: development and possible functions / Anthony D. Pellegrini
  • Pretend and social pretent play: complexities, continuities, and controversies of a research field / Ageliki Nicolopoulou
  • Rough play: past, present, and potential / Jennifer L. Hart and Michelle T. Tannock
  • Playing games with rules in early child care and beyond / Ditte Winther-Lindqvist
  • Troublesome binaries: play and learning on screen and off / Fiona Scott
  • Playing and imagining across the life course: a sociocultural perspective / Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur and Artin Göncü
  • Children at play in Western Europe, 1500-1800 / Linda Pollock
  • Play in foraging societies / Adam Howell Boyette
  • Play in South American indigenous children / Yumi Gosso, Briseida D. Resende, and Ana M. A. Carvalho
  • Play in societies influenced by Confucian values / Eunjoo Jung and Sophia Han
  • Classic theories of play / Thomas S. Henricks
  • Brian Sutton-Smith's views on play / Anna Beresin, Fraser Brown, and Michael M. Patte
  • Methods of studying play / James E. Johnson and Pool Ip Dong
  • Play and learning in everyday family contexts / Marilyn Fleer
  • Leading children in their "leading activity": a Vygotskian approach to play / Elena Bodrova, Deborah J. Leong, Carrie Germeroth, and Crystal Day-Hess
  • The adult as a mediator of development in children's play / Pentti Hakkarainen and Milda Bredikyte
  • Play, learning, and teaching in early childhood education / Niklas Pramling, Anne Kultti, and Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson
  • Toddler's play in early childhood education settings / Maritta Hännikäinen and Hilkka Munter
  • Adult and child learning in playworlds / Beth Ferholt, Robert Lecusay, and Monica Nilsson
  • Play and literacy: knowns and unknowns in a changing world / Kathleen Roskos
  • The problems of play / Susan Engel
  • Play and children with autism: insights from research and implications for practice / Despina Papoudi and Lila Kossyvaki
  • Play and children with sensory impairments / P. Margaret Brown and Anna Bortoli
  • Play and children with physical impairments / Cynthia J. Cress
  • A typology of play in medical settings / Colleen Baish Cameron and Michael M. Patte
  • Play therapy: an introduction to theory and practice / Elise Cuschieri
  • Political violence (war and terrorism) and children's play / Esther Cohen
  • Play spaces, indoors and out / John A. Sutterby
  • Recess: supporting a culture of meaningful play at school / Lauren McNamara
  • Playwork: a unique way of working with children / Fraser Brown, Alexandra Long, and Mike Wragg
  • The right to childhood and the ethos of play / Lacey E. Peters and Beth Blue Swadener.