Play as a Medium for Learning and Development, Readings from

This book is the answer to countless requests for reprints from a popular book on play, published in 1988, now out of print. It is designed to provide a convenient way to gain access to the information that early childhood educators have found to be most useful to the students in their higher-education classes. This book is a "Best-of" collection of hit chapters on play for anyone interested in early childhood development. Doris Bergen, Editor. 1998. 144 pp.
ISBN-13 978-0-87173-142-5

No. 1984 $18.50 ($14.40 ACEI members)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Challenge of Educational Play
-Bernard Spodek and Olivia N. Saracho
Essay: Play and the Origin of Species
-Michael J. Ellis
Essay: The Struggle Between Sacred Play and Festive Play
-Brian Sutton-Smith
Chapter 2: Methods of Studying Play
-Doris Bergen
Essay: Some "Good News" and Some "Not So Good News" About Dramatic Play
-Kenneth H. Rubin
Essay: Imaginative Play and Human Development - Schemas, Scripts, and Possibilities
-Jerome L. Singer and Dorothy G. Singer
Essay: Reality and Fantasy in Make-Believe Play
-Inge Bretherton
Chapter 3: Stages of Play Development
-Doris Bergen
Essay: The Mental Image - A Question That Remains Open
-Constance Kamii
Essay: Moral Development in Play
-Rheta DeVries
Essay: Toddlers' Play and Sex Stereotyping
-Beverly I. Fagot
Essay: Play and Gifted Children
-Annemarie Roeper
Chapter 4: Using a Schema for Play and Learning
-Doris Bergen
Essay: Places of Beauty
-Anita Rui Olds
Essay: The Computer in the Play Environment
-Anne E. Porter
Essay: Play, Technology, and the Authentic Self
-Doris Bergen
Epilogue
References

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