Investigating play in the 21st century
By: edited by Dorothy Justus Sluss, Olga S. Jarrett
Contributors: Sluss, Dorothy Justus; Jarrett, Olga Seastrom, 1940-
Series: Play & culture studies -- v. 7
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780761836407
Subjects: Play; Play environments; Educational games
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Genesis and evolution of American play and playgrounds / Joe L. Frost; title: The promise of sociology for play studies / Thomas Henricks; title: Children's play in the journal, Young children: an analysis of how it is portrayed and why it is valued / David Kuschner; title: Playful companions for motherless monkeys / Peggy O'Neill-Wagner; title: What young children say about play at school: United States and Australian comparisons / Sue Dockett, Alice Meckley; title: Teachers' and parents' attitudes about play and learning in Taiwanese kindergartens / James E. Johnson, Pei-Yu Chang; title: Playfulness among Swedish and Japanese children: a comparative study / Satomi Taylor, Cosby Steele Rogers, Tetsuya Ogawa, Ingrid Promling Samuelsson, Anita VanBrackle, Arleen Dodd; title: Playgrounds and children's play supply in 14 districts of Northeastern Portugal; title: Beatriz Pereira, Paula Malta, Hugo Laranjerio; title: Playground safety in Brazil / Francis Wardle; title: Play and creativity: the role of the intersubjective adult / Deborah W. Tegano, James D. Moran; title: The role of fun, playfulness, and creativity in science: lessons from geoscientists / Olga S. Jarrett, Pamela Burnley; title: Storybook time and free play: playing with books / Laurelle Phillips; title: Effects of environmental print games and play props on young children's print recognition / James Christie, Billie Enz, Myae Han, Jennifer Pryor, Maureen Gerard; title: Communicative actions and language narratives in preschoolers' play with "talking" and "non-talking" rescue heroes / Doris Bergen; title: Toy libraries, play, and play materials / Margie I. Mayfield; title: "Hey, no fair:" young children's perceptions of cheating during play / Robyn M. Holmes, Jennifer M. Valentino-McCarthy, Susan L. Schmidt; title: Clinical approaches to achieving positive environments with suicidal aboriginal adolescents: play and culturally sensitive considerations / Melanie S. MacNeil; title: Role-play on parade: child, costume, and ceremonial exchange at Halloween / Cindy Dell Clark