Children's Play and Development Cultural-Historical Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schousboe, Ivy (Editor), Winther-Lindqvist, Ditte (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; 8
• Subjects: Education.; Educational sociology.; Child development.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Developmental psychology.; Childhood Education.; Developmental Psychology.; Sociology of Education.; Educational Psychology.

This book provides new theoretical insights to our understanding of play as a cultural activity. All chapters address play and playful activities from a cultural-historical theoretical approach by re-addressing central claims and concepts in the theory and providing new models and understandings of...