Perspectives on Play

Name: Perspectives on Play
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SKU: 9780415735872
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Summary

Perspectives on Play challenges conventional approaches to play by integrating innovative theory with practical examples drawn from diverse settings, including classrooms, playgrounds, homes, and communities.

The text features contributions from multiple authors, each presenting unique insights based on extensive experience across disciplines. Through observations, case studies, interviews, and discussions, readers are invited to critically engage with current research and consider ways to enhance their own practice.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is an essential resource for students in childhood studies, playwork programmes, and those training to teach at early years or primary levels. It also serves early years, primary, and play practitioners seeking to deepen their understanding of play theory and application.

Description

This brand new text breaks the mould of books on the subject of play currently on the market. It explores, debates and further develops the theory of play, relating cutting-edge theory to examples of practice, taken from a broad range of multi-disciplinary perspectives.

Each author brings their own perspective to the subject, based on rich and diverse experience, examining play-based activities from a wide variety of settings: the classroom, the playground, the home and local community.

Each chapter is illustrated throughout with observation notes, case studies, interviews and discussions, encouraging you not only to critically evaluate current research but to reflect on ways in which you could develop and improve your own practice.

Perspectives on Play will be an invaluable resource for any student studying within childhood studies, playwork programmes or training to teach at early years or primary level. The book is also ideal for early years, primary and play practitioners.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415735872

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 December 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 10 Tables, color; 118 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Edited by Avril Brock
Edited by Pam Jarvis
Edited by Yinka Olusoga

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 189.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 890g

Pages: 392

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Avril Brock is Principal Lecturer in Education at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Pam Jarvis is Senior Lecturer at Leeds Trinity University, UK.

Yinka Olusoga is Principal Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.