Edited by Anthony D. Pellegrini, Ph.D.
Series edited by Peter E. Nathan, Ph.D.
The role of play in human development has long been the subject of controversy. Despite being championed by many of the foremost scholars of the twentieth century, play has been dogged by underrepresentation and marginalization in literature across the scientific disciplines.
The
Oxford Handbook of the Development of Play marks the first attempt to examine the development of children's play through a rigorous and multidisciplinary approach. Comprising chapters from the foremost scholars in psychology, anthropology, and evolutionary biology, this handbook resets the landscape
of developmental science and makes a compelling case for the benefits of play.
Edited by respected play researcher Anthony D. Pellegrini, The Oxford Handbook of the Development of Play is both a scientific accomplishment and a shot across the bow for parents, educators, and policymakers
regarding the importance of children's play in both development and learning.
Part One: Introduction and Overview
1. Anthony D. Pellegrini: Introduction
Part Two: Definitions
2. Gordon M. Burghardt: Defining and Recognizing Play
3. Jaipaul L. Roopnarine: Cultural Variations in Beliefs about Play, Parent-Child Play, and Children's Play: Meaning
for Childhood Development
Part Three: Theories
4. Patrick Bateson: Theories of play
5. Artin Göncü and Suzanne Gaskins: Comparing and Extending Piaget's and Vygotsky's Understandings of Play: Symbolic play as Individual, Sociocultural, and Educational Interpretation
6. Khalisa
N. Herman, Annika Paukner, and Stephen J. Suomi: Gene X Environment Interactions and Social Play: Contributions from Rhesus Macaques
7. Elisabetta Palagi: Playing at Every Age: Modalities and Potential Functions in Non-Human Primates
8. Robert M. Fagen: Play and Development
9. Howard P.
Chudacoff: The History of Children's Play in the United States
10. Brian Sutton-Smith: The Antipathies of Play
Part Four: Methods
11. Jonathan R. H. Tudge, Jill R. Brown, and Lia B. L. Freitas: The Cultural Ecology of Play: Methodological Considerations for Studying Play in Its
Everyday Contexts
12. Peter K. Smith: Observational Methods in Studying Play
Part Five: Dimensions of Play
13. David F. Bjorklund and Amy K. Gardiner: Object Play and Tool Use: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives
14. Anthony D. Pellegrini: The Development and Function
of Locomotor Play
15. Robert J. Coplan: Not Just "Playing Alone": Exploring Multiple Forms of Nonsocial Play in Childhood
16. David Schwartz and Daryaneh Badaly: Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders during Childhood: Implications for Social Play
17. Carol Lynn Martin, Richard A.
Fabes, Laura D. Hanish: Gender and Temperament in Young Children's Social Interactions
18. Carollee Howes: Social Play of Children with Adults and Peers
19. Sergio M. Pellis and Vivien C. Pellis: Rough-and-Tumble play: Training and Using the Social Brain
20. Ed Baines and Peter
Blatchford: Children's Games and Playground Activities in School and Their Role in Development
21. Angeline S. Lillard: Mother-Child Fantasy Play
22. Robert D. Kavanaugh: Origins and Consequences of Social Pretend Play
23. Christopher Jarrold and Carmel Conn: The Development of Pretend
Play in Autism
24. Jeffrey Goldstein: Technology and Play
Part Six: Education
25. Kelly Fisher, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta M. Golinkoff, Dorothy G. Singer, and Laura Berk: Playing around in School: Implications for Learning and Educational Policy
Part Seven:
Conclusion
26. Anthony D. Pellegrini: Conclusion
Index
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Anthony D. Pellegrini, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota.
The Role of Play in Human Development - Anthony D. Pellegrini
Play = Learning - Edited by Dorothy G. Singer, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
