Description
Historical changes in play are taking place in childhood all over the world, with the digitalisation of children’s lives. Researchers are worried about the disappearance of advanced forms of play and the prioritization of time spent with loving adults, supporting play with babies and toddlers. At the same time, our understanding about the crucial importance of individual development is becoming clearer.
The Routledge International Handbook of Early Childhood Play explores these issues and more. It proposes the importance of adult participation in play, as adult guidance brings the possibility of moral, cultural and symbolic elements to children’s play, and enhances the educational opportunities in adult-child joint play. The book also examines the aesthetic dimension of play and its role in the development of imagination and creativity.
With contributors from many parts of the world, this unique handbook brings together the latest research and highlights practice which focuses on play. This is an essential and engaging read for all students, academics, teachers and practitioners with an interest in play.
Table of Contents
I SELECTED HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO CHLDREN’S PLAY
1.PONDERINGS ON PLAY: FROEBELIAN ASSEMBLAGES
Tina Bruce
2.LOCATING PLAY TODAY
Suzanne Flannery Quinn
3.PLAY BIRTH TO THREE: TREASURE BASKETS AND HEURISTIC PLAY, THE LEGACY OF ELINOR GOLDSCHMIED (1910-2009)
Jacqui Cousins, Anita Hughes
4.CULTURAL HISTORICAL PLAY THEORY
Elena Smirnova
5.AESTHETICS OF PLAY AND JOINT PLAY-WORLDS
Monica Nilsson, Beth Ferholt
6.CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PRETEND PLAY
Pentti Hakkarainen, Milda Bredikyte, Ildar Safarov
II PLAY IN DIFFERENT CULTURES
7.CHARACTERISTICS OF PRETEND ROLE PLAY
Elena Smirnova, Irina Ryabkova, Elena Sheina
8.CONCEPTIONS OF PLAY ACTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATION
Yulia Solovieva, Eduardo Alejandro Escotto Cordova, Ana Maria Baltazar
Ramos, Luis Quintanar
9.INTRODUCING SOCIAL ROLE PLAY TO YOUNG CHILDREN IN COLOMBIA
Yulia Solovieva, Claudia Moreno
10.PLAY AND ART IN A JAPANESE EARLY CHILHOOD SETTING
Kiyotaka Miyazaki
III SOCIODRAMATIC PLAY
11.ACROSS THE UNIVERSE: DIALOGIC DRAMATIC PLAY WITH YOUNG
CHILDREN
Brian Edmiston
12.CHILDREN’S SOCIODRAMATIC PLAY TYPOLOGIES AND TEACHER PLAY
INVOLVEMENT WITHIN THE BREADTH OF THE ZONE OF PROXIMAL
DEVELOPMENT
Eleni Loizou
13.PLAYING ON THE EDGE: ADVENTURE, RISK AND CHALLENGE IN PLAY OUTDOORS
Helen Tovey
IV OBSERVING AND INTERVENING IN PLAY
14.CHIMP AND CHILD: ARE THERE SIMILARITIES IN THEIR PLAY?
John Matthews
15.PLAY WITH INFANTS: THE IMPULSE OF STORYTELLING
Colwyn Trevarthen
16.OBSERVING CHILDREN’S TRIADIC PLAY
Luisa Molinari, Ada Cigala, Paola Corsano
17.POOH BEAR’S TURN! AN AUSTRALIAN STUDY OF ADULTS USING SPECIAL TOYS TO DEVELOP PLAY COMPLEXITY FROM WITHIN CHILDREN’S IMAGINARY PLAY
Sue March, Marilyn Fleer
18.SELF-REGULATION AND NARRATIVE INTERVENTIONS IN CHILDREN’S PLAY
Milda Bredikyte. Pentti Hakkarainen
V PLAY ENVIRONMENTS, TOYS AND PARTNERS
19.PLAYWORLD AND THE PEDAGOGY OF LISTENING
Monica Nilsson, Beth Ferholt
20.COLLABORATIVE PLAY WITH DRAMATIZATION: AN AFTERSCHOOL
PROGRAMME OF ‘PLAYSHOP IN A JAPANESE EARLY CHILDHOOD SETTING
Hiroaki Ishiguro
21.DIGITAL PLAYWORLDS IN AN AUSTRALIAN CONTEXT – SUPPORTING
DOUBLE SUBJECTIVITY
Marilyn Fleer
22.THE DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL OF TOYS AND GAMES
Elena Smirnova, Irina Ryabkova, Elena Sheina
VI DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING IN PLAY
23.THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN PLAY AND LEARNING
Galina Zuckerman
24.CREATIVITY AND PLAY
Sue Robson
25.PLAY WITH SOCIAL ROLES AS A METHOD FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG CHILDREN
Yulia Solovieva, Luis Quintanar
VII PLAY AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
26.GAMES AS A TOOL FOR FACILITATING COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Tatiana Akhutina, Antonina Romanova
27.THE PROMISE OF PLAY AS AN INTEERVENTION TO DEVELOP SELF-REGULATION IN CHILDREN ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM
Sonia Mastrangelo
28.MUSICAL PLAY AND PLAY THROUGH MUSIC IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Adam Ockelford, Angela Voyajolu
