Play and Child Development

Joe L. Frost, Sue C. Wortham, Stuart C. Reifel (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

480 Seiten

2007 | 3rd edition
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-157312-3 (ISBN)

Infos

For undergraduate and graduate courses in Play; as a supplement in Child Development.

 

Play and Child Development, third edition, is arranged to guide students through topics leading to a comprehensive understanding of play intended to help prepare them for guiding children’s play in a number of contexts:  preschools, elementary schools, park systems, and research programs.  The text is developmentally based, providing basic information and practical approaches across various age or developmental levels. Expanded and/or updated coverage on playground safety, playground leadership, and value of  integrating natural features - gardens and habitats- in outdoor learning environments.

Inhalt

1. Play's History: Ideas, Beliefs, and Activities.

2. Theory as Lenses on Children's Play.

3. Neuroscience, Play Deprivation, and Pay-for-Play.

4. Play: Infants and Toddlers.

5. Play in the Preschool Years.

6. Play and the School-Age Child.

7. Culture and Gender in Play.

8. Play and the Curriculum.

9. Play and Children with Disabilities.

10. Introduction to Play Therapy.

11. Creating Play Environments.

12. Child Safety in Public Places: Indoors and Outdoors.

13. Play Leadership in American and European Playgrounds.

Appendix: Playground Checklist. References.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.7.2007
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 233 x 187 mm
• Gewicht: 848 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• ISBN-10: 0-13-157312-8 / 0131573128
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-157312-3 / 9780131573123
• Zustand: Neuware