Play from birth to twelve and beyond : contexts, perspectives, and meanings
Doris Pronin Fromberg (Editor), Doris Bergen (Editor)
This Encyclopedia presents 62 essays by 78 distinguished experts who draw on their expertise in pedagogy, anthropology, ethology, history, philosophy, and psychology to examine play and its variety, complexity, and usefulness. Here you'll find out why play is vital in developing mathematical thinking and promoting social skills, how properly constructed play enhances classroom instruction, which games foster which skills, how playing stimulates creativity, and much more
Print Book, English, 1998
Garland Pub., New York, 1998