Play and Social Justice: Equity, Advocacy, and Opportunity eBook

Delivery: Can be download immediately after purchasing. For new customer, we need process for verification from 30 mins to 12 hours.
Version: PDF/EPUB. If you need EPUB and MOBI Version, please contact us.
Compatible Devices: Can be read on any devices.

Play and Social Justice
Equity, Advocacy, and Opportunity
The importance of play for healthy development is undeniable. Aspects of play have been linked to the development of social skills, health and fitness, motivation, curiosity, innovation, imagination, and problem solving. Both theory and research suggest that play of various types is critical for healthy development and that playfulness is an important quality across the life span. However, opportunities to play and quality of play facilities in schools, after-school programs, childcare centers, community parks, and museums are not equitable by race, socio-economic status, and ability. And racial profiling, immigrant status, illness, and incarceration interfere with child’s play. The first section of the book defines play and social justice and describes disparities in play opportunities in childcare, schools, and communities as well as inequities in how play is interpreted. The next section describes pre-school, elementary, high school, and university programs that use play to liberate, teach, and build community as well as after-school, hospital, and community programs that help to level the playing field of opportunity. The final part of the book discusses ways to ameliorate inequities through research and advocacy. Four research methods are described that are useful for conducting studies on the amount of play children experience, attitudes toward play, and the effect of play on other variables. Finally, a child, a parent, and a teacher describe ways they tried to obtain more recess, using various methods of advocacy. The appendix provides resources indispensable for those convinced that play for all is indeed a social justice issue worthy of advocacy.

This is a digital product.

Additional ISBNs
9781433199912, 9781636671758

Play and Social Justice: Equity, Advocacy, and Opportunity 1st Edition is written by Jarrett, Olga S. / Stenhouse, Vera L / Sutterby, John A. / Patte, Michael M. (eds) including works b and published by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Play and Social Justice are 9781433199905, 1433199904 and the print ISBNs are 9781433196973, 1433196972. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781433199912, 9781636671758.