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| Most chapters begin with "Introduction" and "Focus Questions" and conclude with "Summary" and "Projects/Assignments." | |
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| The Importance of Play | |
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| Beliefs About Play | |
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| History and Images of Children and Play | |
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| Multiple Perspectives on Play | |
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| Defining Play | |
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| Current Issues and Trends | |
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| Theories of Play | |
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| Classical Theories | |
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| Modern Theories | |
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| Postmodern Theories | |
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| Implications for Teachers | |
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| Play and Development | |
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| Play, Development, and Assessment: Birth to Eight Years | |
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| Play Development: An Overview | |
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| Development of Motor Play | |
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| Development of Object Play | |
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| Development of Symbolic Play | |
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| Development of Social Play | |
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| Play Development from Six to Eight | |
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| Play Assessment | |
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| Diversity and Individual Differences in Play | |
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| Gender Differences | |
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| Physical Play | |
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| Personality and Play | |
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| Race and Ethnicity | |
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| Play's Role in Development | |
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| Play and Development: Basic Observations | |
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| Brain Development and Play | |
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| Cultural Learning and Play | |
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| Language and Literacy Dimension | |
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| Feature: School Readiness: Educational Value of Play | |
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| Social Dimension | |
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| Feature: What good is play? Communicating the value of play to parents | |
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| Emotional Dimension | |
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| Play Contexts: Physical Environment, Social Ecology, and Culture | |
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| Cultural-Contextual Approaches to Play | |
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| Physical Environment and Play | |
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| Social Ecology and Play | |
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| Play and Culture | |
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| Educational Applications | |
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| Play and Education | |
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| Play's Role in Education | |
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| The value of educational play | |
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| Types of Educational Play | |
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| Barriers to educational play | |
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| Enriching Classroom Play: Materials and Curriculum | |
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| Relationship between play materials and development | |
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| Characteristics of play materials | |
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| Types of Play Materials | |
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| Enriching Classroom Play: Teaching Strategies and Facilitation Techniques | |
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| Providing Adequate Time for Play | |
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| Preparatory Experiences | |
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| Teacher Involvement in Play | |
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| Linking Play with Instruction | |
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| Play for Children with Special Needs and Circumstance | |
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| Play and Special Education | |
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| Play Therapy | |
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| Child Life Programs | |
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| Popular Culture, Media, and Technology | |
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| Popular Culture | |
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| Play and the Media | |
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| Technology | |
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| Outdoor Play | |
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| History of Playgrounds | |
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| Purpose of outdoor play | |
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| Different kinds of playgrounds | |
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| Playground design | |
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| Age-related playgrounds | |
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| Safety | |
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| ADA Accessibility | |
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| Role of the teacher in the playground | |
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| Outdoor play advocacy | |