Children's Play in Diverse Cultures (SUNY series, Children's Play in Society) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791417530 ISBN 13: 9780791417539

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1994

Synopsis

This book illuminates play as a universal and culture-specific activity. It provides needed information about the behavior of children in diverse cultural contexts as well as about the play of children in unassimilated cultural or subcultural contexts. It offers readers the opportunity to develop greater sensitivity to and better understanding of the important cultural differences that confront early childhood teachers and teacher educators.

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Review:

"This is an exciting book. I couldn't wait to read it, and I was not disappointed. Among its many excellent features is the way in which it illuminates the cultural-ecological model of play in early childhood. I doubt if anyone who reads the book will forget the vivid images it evokes of children's play in these diverse and fascinating cultures and the many evidences of the 'overlapping layers of environmental influence' that shape its forms and functions.

"I believe that Children's Play in Diverse Cultures will prove a major stimulus for across- and within-culture studies employing cultural-ecological concepts. I became aware that some of the things I regarded as well-established 'truths' about child development do not apply in all cultures, and assuming they do can limit our educational practice. I feel stronger as an advocate for children as a result of reading this work." -- Penelope Griffing

About the Author:

Jaipaul L. Roopnarine is Associate Profesor of Child Studies and Early Childhood Education at Syracuse University.

James E. Johnson is Associate Professor of Education at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Frank H. Hooper is Professor of Child and Family Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0791417530
• ISBN 13: 9780791417539
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Roopnarine Jaipaul L., Johnson James E., Hooper Frank H.