TY - BOOK ID - 101279762 TI - Practice-based research in children's play AU - Russell, Wendy AU - Lester, Stuart AU - Smith, Hilary PY - 2017 SN - 1447330064 1447330080 144733003X PB - Bristol : Policy Press, DB - UniCat KW - Play. KW - Child development. KW - Child study KW - Children KW - Development, Child KW - Developmental biology KW - Recreations KW - Recreation KW - Amusements KW - Games KW - Development UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101279762 AB - There has been a growing awareness in recent years of the importance of play in children's learning and development - but that awareness has not been accompanied by sufficient scholarly attention, outside of conceptual studies and how-to textbooks. This collection fills that gap by bringing together scholars from a range of fields and methodological approaches to look at play from a practice-based perspective. Moving beyond the dominant voice of developmental psychology, the book offers a number of new ways of approaching children's play and the roles of adults in supporting it; as a result, it will be valuable to anyone working with or studying children at play. ER -