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Title Children's play and learning : perspectives and policy implications / edited by Edgar Klugman, Sara Smilansky
Published New York : Teachers College Press, [1990]
©1990

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Description xviii, 270 pages ; 23 cm
Series Early childhood education series
Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press)
Contents Pt. I. Importance of play in young children's learning. Academic pressures-too much, too soon ; the demise of play / David Elkind -- Sociodramatic play : its relevance to behavior and achievement in school / Sara Smilansky -- The role of art and play in children's cognitive development / Elliot W. Eisner -- Pt. II. Play in its historical perspective. The legacy of play in American early childhood education / Patricia Monighan-Nourot -- Academic pressure and dramatic play in the Israeli early childhood educational system / Rina Michalovitz -- Pt. III. Play in teacher education. Play in teacher education : the United States perspective / Barbara Bowman -- Play in teacher education : the Israeli perspective / Rivka Glaubman -- Pt. IV. Implications of sociodramatic play for children with special needs. Socioeconomic status and ethnic differences in socio-dramatic play : theoretical practical implications / Leah Shefatya -- Children in health care : when the prescription is play / Elizabeth Kampe -- Pt. V. Policy and the administrative perspective play. Children's play : the journey form theory to practice / Sharon L. Kagan -- Early childhood moves into the public schools ; mix or meld / Edgar Klugman -- Pt. VI. Play and the research perspective. The role of play in cognitive development / James E. Johnson -- An agenda for research on play in early childhood education / Doris Pronin Fromberg -- Epilog: Where do we go from here? / Edgar Klugman and Sara Smilansky
Notes Based on presentations given at a binational workshop held in Boston, Mass., July, 1988
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Early childhood education -- Curricula -- Israel -- Congresses.
Early childhood education -- Curricula -- United States -- Congresses.
Early childhood education -- Curricula -- United States.
Learning -- Congresses.
Learning.
Early childhood education -- Curricula -- Israel.
Play -- Israel -- Congresses.
Play -- Israel.
Play -- United States -- Congresses.
Play -- United States.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Klugman, Edgar.
Smilansky, Sara.
LC no. 90037158
ISBN 0807730327 (paperback: alk. paper)
0807730335