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The handbook of the study of play / edited by James E. Johnson, Scott G. Eberle, Thomas S. Henricks, and David Kuschner.

Contributor(s): Johnson, James E. (James Ewald), 1947- [editor.] | Eberle, Scott G, 1952- [editor.] | Henricks, Thomas S [editor.] | Kuschner, David S, 1948- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 2 volumes (xv, 528 pages) ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781475807943 (cloth : alk. paper); 1475807945 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Play (Philosophy) | Play -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 790 LOC classification: B105.P54 | H358 2015Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Overview : play as self realization: towards a general theory of play / Thomas Henricks -- Integrative approaches to the biological study of play / Gordon Burghardt -- Play in America : an historical overview / Jon-Paul C. Dyson -- Psychological approaches to the study of play / Doris Bergen -- Anthropology and the study of play / Garry Chick -- Parent-child play across cultures : theoretical considerations and suggestions for advancing play research / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Kimberly L. Davidson -- Sociological perspectives on play / Thomas S. Henricks -- Studying play without calling it that: humanistic and positive psychology / Peter Gray -- Philosophizing play / Wendy Russell and Emily Ryall -- Classical theories of play / Thomas S. Henricks -- Modern theorists of play : Huizinga, Caillois, Goffman, and Henricks / Thomas S. Henricks -- The interpretation of play : psychoanalysis and beyond / Stephen P. Demanchick -- Standing 'a head taller than himself' : Vygotskian and post-Vygotskian views on children's play / Elena Bodrova and Deborah Leong -- Play through a Bakhtinian lens / Lynn E. Cohen -- Piaget's sympathetic but unromantic account of children's play / Richard De Lisi -- Play theory : a personal journey and new thoughts / Brian Sutton-Smith --
Games psychotherapists play : hide and seek in the therapeutic dialog / Terry Marks-Tarlow -- Play and early childhood education / David Kuschner -- Recess and learning : research on the effects of recess on children and teachers / Olga S. Jarrett -- The principles of playwork / Fraser Brown -- "Jamming together" as musical play / Patricia A. St. John -- Performance, theatre, and improvisation : bringing play and development into new arenas / Carrie Lobman -- Play interventions and therapy / Cindy Dell Clark -- Where are we now? : challenges to the study of play / Thomas S. Henricks -- A student's guide for understanding play through the theories of Brian Sutton-Smith / Alice M. Meckley -- Play therapy on the edge : understanding definitions and change mechanisms / Stephen P. Demanchick and Mary Anne Peabody -- How does play contribute to literacy? / James F. Christie and Kathleen A. Roskos -- Designing and creating playgrounds : the future is now / Joe L. Frost -- Mapping the landscape of children's play / David F. Lancy -- Challenges to research on play : mending the methodological mistakes / Angeline S. Lillard, Rebecca A. Dore, Emily J. Hopkins, and Eric D. Smith -- Does play have to be playful? / Lynn A. Barnett and Megan H. Owens -- Play fighting and real fighting / Peter Smith -- Integrating conceptual divisions within and between the studies of play and well-being / Gwen Gordon -- Give play a chance : the psychobiology of play and the benefits of social playfulness / Jaak Panksepp -- Epilogue : what's not play? A meditation / Scott Eberle.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange B105.P54 H358 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) V.1 1 Available 0182903405898
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange B105.P54 H358 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) V.2 1 Available 0182903405880

Co-published with The Strong National Museum of Play.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Volume 1]: Overview : play as self realization: towards a general theory of play / Thomas Henricks -- Integrative approaches to the biological study of play / Gordon Burghardt -- Play in America : an historical overview / Jon-Paul C. Dyson -- Psychological approaches to the study of play / Doris Bergen -- Anthropology and the study of play / Garry Chick -- Parent-child play across cultures : theoretical considerations and suggestions for advancing play research / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Kimberly L. Davidson -- Sociological perspectives on play / Thomas S. Henricks -- Studying play without calling it that: humanistic and positive psychology / Peter Gray -- Philosophizing play / Wendy Russell and Emily Ryall -- Classical theories of play / Thomas S. Henricks -- Modern theorists of play : Huizinga, Caillois, Goffman, and Henricks / Thomas S. Henricks -- The interpretation of play : psychoanalysis and beyond / Stephen P. Demanchick -- Standing 'a head taller than himself' : Vygotskian and post-Vygotskian views on children's play / Elena Bodrova and Deborah Leong -- Play through a Bakhtinian lens / Lynn E. Cohen -- Piaget's sympathetic but unromantic account of children's play / Richard De Lisi -- Play theory : a personal journey and new thoughts / Brian Sutton-Smith --

[Volume 2]: Games psychotherapists play : hide and seek in the therapeutic dialog / Terry Marks-Tarlow -- Play and early childhood education / David Kuschner -- Recess and learning : research on the effects of recess on children and teachers / Olga S. Jarrett -- The principles of playwork / Fraser Brown -- "Jamming together" as musical play / Patricia A. St. John -- Performance, theatre, and improvisation : bringing play and development into new arenas / Carrie Lobman -- Play interventions and therapy / Cindy Dell Clark -- Where are we now? : challenges to the study of play / Thomas S. Henricks -- A student's guide for understanding play through the theories of Brian Sutton-Smith / Alice M. Meckley -- Play therapy on the edge : understanding definitions and change mechanisms / Stephen P. Demanchick and Mary Anne Peabody -- How does play contribute to literacy? / James F. Christie and Kathleen A. Roskos -- Designing and creating playgrounds : the future is now / Joe L. Frost -- Mapping the landscape of children's play / David F. Lancy -- Challenges to research on play : mending the methodological mistakes / Angeline S. Lillard, Rebecca A. Dore, Emily J. Hopkins, and Eric D. Smith -- Does play have to be playful? / Lynn A. Barnett and Megan H. Owens -- Play fighting and real fighting / Peter Smith -- Integrating conceptual divisions within and between the studies of play and well-being / Gwen Gordon -- Give play a chance : the psychobiology of play and the benefits of social playfulness / Jaak Panksepp -- Epilogue : what's not play? A meditation / Scott Eberle.

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