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Play's place in public education for young children
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- Creator
- Victoria Jean Dimidjian, editor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Washington, D.C.] : NEA Professional Library, National Education Association, ©1992
- Physical Details
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- 175 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0810603640, 9780810603646
- OCLC
- ocm24142365
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Connecting theory on play's place in early education to today's classrooms for young children. Play in school? Yes, we're serious / Anthony D. Pellegrini and Jana Dressden -- Play and development / Greta G. Fein -- Four- and five year-olds: intuitive, imaginative players / Nancy E. Curry -- In the best interest of children: returning play to its place / Mary Ellen Sapp -- Play themes and processes in seven- and eight-year-olds / Sara H. Arnaud -- Play-filled learning in one second grade / Karen West -- Some thoughts about play / Fred Rogers with Hedda Bluestone Sharapan -- Curriculum and the place of play in educating young children. Primary arithmetic: the superiority of games over worksheets / Constance Kamii and Barbara A. Lewis -- Education today for a multicultural world / Beatrice S. Fennimore and Edwina B. Vold -- Play, risk-taking, and the emergence of literacy / Ann E. Fordham and William W. Anderson -- The checklist challenge for primary classrooms / Alicia Mendoza and Joyce Rubin -- Helping the young child with school adjustment problems / Charles H. Wolfgang -- Facilitating play with young children at risk: a case study / Nancy Trevorrow Carbonara and Paula Scanlon -- Getting serious about play / Thomas Schultz -- Play's place in teacher education / Stephanie Feeney -- Conclusion: Securing play's place in public education today / Victoria Jean Dimidjian