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Children, Play, and Development
Fourth Edition
- Fergus P. Hughes - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
June 2009 | 384 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Children, Play, and Development offers a comprehensive look at children's play from birth to adolescence. Stressing the developmental and psychological importance of play, the text discusses the relationship of play to the physical, social, intellectual, and emotional growth of the child.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. The Context of Play
1. Historical and Theoretical Viewpoints
2. Ethological and Cultural Perspectives
Part II. The Development of Play
3. The First Two Years of Life
4. The Preschool Years: From 2 to 5
5. Play in Later Childhood and Adolescence
Part III. Individual Differences in Play
6. Gender Differences in Play
7. Play in Special Populations
Part IV. The Benefits of Play
8. Play and Intellectual Development
9. The Social Benefits of Play
10. The Uses of Play in Therapy
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author
Good for additional reading, relevant to many aspects of the course.
Nice, neat, well structured
Social and Psychological Science, Edge Hill University
October 19, 2009
Again a useful generic text, recommended on a number of modules
Education , University of Cumbria
October 16, 2009
This course was for a graduate class and this book was a bit to simplistic for graduate work.
It was a great book for undergraduate level.
Thank you,
Dr. Carolyn McKeon
college of ed, Ellis Univ
October 15, 2009
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 1 - Historical and Theoretical Viewpoints
Chapter 7 - Play in Special Populations