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Children, Play, and Development
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Children, Play, and Development

Fourth Edition


June 2009 | 384 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Children, Play, and Development offers a comprehensive look at children's play from birth to adolescence. Stressing the developmental and psychological importance of play, the text discusses the relationship of play to the physical, social, intellectual, and emotional growth of the child.
 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
Part I. The Context of Play
 
1. Historical and Theoretical Viewpoints
 
2. Ethological and Cultural Perspectives
 
Part II. The Development of Play
 
3. The First Two Years of Life
 
4. The Preschool Years: From 2 to 5
 
5. Play in Later Childhood and Adolescence
 
Part III. Individual Differences in Play
 
6. Gender Differences in Play
 
7. Play in Special Populations
 
Part IV. The Benefits of Play
 
8. Play and Intellectual Development
 
9. The Social Benefits of Play
 
10. The Uses of Play in Therapy
 
Glossary
 
References
 
Index
 
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Good for additional reading, relevant to many aspects of the course.
Nice, neat, well structured

Mrs Annabel Yale
Social and Psychological Science, Edge Hill University
October 19, 2009

Again a useful generic text, recommended on a number of modules

Lin Savage
Education , University of Cumbria
October 16, 2009

This course was for a graduate class and this book was a bit to simplistic for graduate work.

It was a great book for undergraduate level.

Thank you,

Dr. Carolyn McKeon

Carolyn McKeon
college of ed, Ellis Univ
October 15, 2009
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ISBN: 9781412967693
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