Child's Play Revisiting Play in Early Childhood Settings

Name: Child's Play Revisiting Play in Early Childhood Settings
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ISBN: 9781557665737

ISBN-10: 1557665737

ISBN-13: 9781557665737

Edition: 2001

Authors: Elizabeth Dau

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List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Brookes Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Foreword	p. xi
About the Editors	p. xv
About the Contributors	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xx
Preface	p. xxi
Play, Development and Learning	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
The role of play in development and learning	p. 5
Introduction	p. 5
Play from a constructivist perspective	p. 6
Implications for development and learning	p. 8
Conclusion	p. 12
For further thought and discussion	p. 14
Stop, look and listen: adopting an investigative stance when children play	p. 16
Introduction	p. 16
Play: a personal anecdote	p. 17
The developmental paradigm of play	p. 19
The role of the early childhood educator	p. 23
Conclusion	p. 26
For further thought and discussion	p. 26
Thinking about play, playing about thinking	p. 28
Introduction	p. 28
Defining play	p. 31
Observing and interpreting play	p. 32
Play as a cognitive and social experience	p. 32
Alternative views of play	p. 36
Playing with thinking	p. 41
Conclusion	p. 43
For further thought and discussion	p. 43
Play and Diversity	p. 47
Introduction	p. 49
Developmentally appropriate play and turtle hunting	p. 53
Introduction	p. 53
The first locations: the original agenda	p. 53
A new location: the script changes	p. 54
Conclusion	p. 57
For further thought and discussion	p. 58
Aboriginal children and play	p. 60
Introduction	p. 60
Planning for play	p. 60
Characteristics of Aboriginal children's play	p. 61
Conclusion	p. 66
For further thought and discussion	p. 66
Universal fantasy: the domination of Western theories of play	p. 67
Introduction	p. 68
The play activities of children	p. 68
Paradigm shifts in the conceptualisation of play	p. 69
The learning of play	p. 70
Characteristics of Western and non-Western play activities	p. 73
The implications for educators	p. 76
Conclusion	p. 77
For further thought and discussion	p. 78
Even pink tents have glass ceilings: crossing the gender boundaries in pretend play	p. 81
Introduction	p. 81
Pretend play and power	p. 81
Playing across the gender boundaries	p. 85
Minimising the risks of crossing the gender boundaries	p. 91
The value of pretend play	p. 91
Conclusion	p. 93
For further thought and discussion	p. 94
Play and the gifted child	p. 97
Introduction	p. 97
Characteristics of the gifted child	p. 98
Play patterns of the gifted child	p. 99
Play: a context for learning	p. 101
The role of the supportive adult	p. 102
Conclusion	p. 108
For further thought and discussion	p. 109
The place of play for young children with disabilities in mainstream education	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
School One: an example of a school for children with severe disabilities	p. 113
School Two: an example of a school with a 50 per cent disability rate	p. 114
Discussion	p. 125
Conclusion	p. 128
For further thought and discussion	p. 130
The Play Environment, Resources and the Adult's Role	p. 131
Introduction	p. 133
A walk around Lucy's garden: a playground designed to foster children's play and enhance learning	p. 137
Introduction	p. 137
Redeveloping a playground	p. 137
Features of the new design	p. 139
Conclusion	p. 149
For further thought and discussion	p. 150
Play, a way of being for babies and toddlers	p. 152
Introduction	p. 152
The essence of play for babies and toddlers	p. 154
How play fits into a group program for babies and toddlers	p. 154
The basis of the program for babies and toddlers	p. 155
Differences in play for babies and toddlers	p. 156
The role of parents in contributing to play in day care	p. 158
Planning for children's play	p. 158
Important ingredients for the 'backdrop' to play	p. 159
Multiculturalism and anti-bias in play for under three-year-olds	p. 160
Conclusion	p. 161
For further thought and discussion	p. 162
Persona dolls: the effects on attitudes and play	p. 164
Main Editor's interview with Kerry and Anne	p. 164
Introduction	p. 167
How we started	p. 168
Data collection	p. 168
Interviews with parents	p. 171
Staff involvement	p. 172
Parent involvement	p. 172
Structure of sessions	p. 173
Findings	p. 175
Conclusion	p. 179
For further thought and discussion	p. 180
'I can be playful too': the adult's role in children's socio-dramatic play	p. 187
Introduction	p. 187
Observing children's socio-dramatic play	p. 189
Planning for socio-dramatic play	p. 192
The value of real-life experiences	p. 194
Making time for socio-dramatic play	p. 196
Necessary materials and resources	p. 197
Conclusion	p. 201
For further thought and discussion	p. 201
Exploring the correlation between Child's Play and the National Child Care Competency Standards	p. 203
Index	p. 210
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