1st Edition
Growing up in the Playground The Social Development of Children
By Andy Sluckin
Copyright 1981
142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1981, this work is based on the author’s research in the playgrounds of two Oxford schools. It describes the order amongst the apparent chaos by relating the playtime activities – the games, rhymes and taunts of five-to-ten-year-olds in first and middle schools – to children’s goals, problems and solutions. It shows how children learn and display in the playground a remarkably... Read more
General Editor’s Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. ‘What do you think playtime is for?’ 2. ‘Hey Mister, can I be in your book?’ 3. ‘Eeny, meany, macka, racka…’ 4. ‘Bagsee no bagsee’ 5. ‘Whose game is it, can I play?’ 6. ‘I’m your friend, let me have some’ 7. ‘Neill’s the boss of the playground 8. ‘That’s how we learn’; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix
Biography
Andy Sluckin
