Play in childhood

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Play in childhood

by Margaret Lowenfeld

Sussex Academic Press, 2008

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Originally published: Victor Gollancz, 1935, London : Mac Keith Press ; New York : Distributed by Cambridge University Press, 1991

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-239) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is essential reading for all those involved in the Psychology of the Child.

Table of Contents

  • Foreword (by John Davis)
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Bibliography to Introduction
  • Historical Theories of Play
  • The Observation of Play
  • Play as Bodily Activity
  • Play as Repetition of Experience
  • Play as the Demonstration of Phantasy
  • Play as Realisation of Environment
  • Play as Preparation for Life
  • Group Games
  • The Comic Element in Play
  • Children who Cannot Play
  • Conclusion.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA88177482
  • ISBN
    • 9781845193003
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Brighton ; Portland, Or.
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 246p.
  • Size
    23cm
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