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Autore: |
Frost Joe L.
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Titolo: |
A history of children's play and play environments : toward a contemporary child-saving movement / / Joe L. Frost
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Pubblicazione: | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.481 |
Soggetto topico: | Play |
Early childhood education | |
Child development - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Early Historical Views on Children's Play; 2 Play and Play Environments in Early America; 3 The Early Child-Saving Movement: Shame of the Cities; 4 The Evolution of the Play and Playground Movement; 5 Play and the Child Study Movement: Nursery Schools, Kindergartens, and the Developmental Approach to Play; 6 Play during Hard Times: The Great Depression; 7 Natural, Built, and Adventure Play Environments: Back to Nature |
8 The Value of Play and the Consequences of Play Deprivation9 Toward a Contemporary Child-Saving Movement; References; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Children's play throughout history has been free, spontaneous, and intertwined with work, set in the playgrounds of the fields, streams, and barnyards. Children in cities enjoyed similar forms of play but their playgrounds were the vacant lands and parks. Today, children have become increasingly inactive, abandoning traditional outdoor play for sedentary, indoor cyber play and poor diets. The consequences of play deprivation, the elimination and diminution of recess, and the abandonment of outdoor play are fundamental issues in a growing crisis that threatens the health, development, and we |
Titolo autorizzato: | A history of children's play and play environments ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-135-25166-5 |
1-135-25167-3 | |
1-282-37737-X | |
1-78034-678-6 | |
9786612377372 | |
0-203-86865-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910454898903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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