Children's Play in Diverse Cultures

Jaipaul L. Roopnarine

ISBN 10: 0791417549 / ISBN 13: 9780791417546

Published by State University of New York Press, US, 1994

About this Item

This book illuminates play as a universal and culture-specific activity. It provides needed information about the behavior of children in diverse cultural contexts as well as about the play of children in unassimilated cultural or subcultural contexts. It offers readers the opportunity to develop greater sensitivity to and better understanding of the important cultural differences that confront early childhood teachers and teacher educators.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Children's Play in Diverse Cultures
• Publisher: State University of New York Press, US
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791417549
• ISBN 13: 9780791417546
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 372 grams

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Synopsis

This book illuminates play as a universal and culture-specific activity. It provides needed information about the behavior of children in diverse cultural contexts as well as about the play of children in unassimilated cultural or subcultural contexts. It offers readers the opportunity to develop greater sensitivity to and better understanding of the important cultural differences that confront early childhood teachers and teacher educators.

About the Author

Jaipaul L. Roopnarine is Associate Profesor of Child Studies and Early Childhood Education at Syracuse University. James E. Johnson is Associate Professor of Education at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Frank H. Hooper is Professor of Child and Family Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.