Play and the Quality of Life in Childhood [microform] / Devorah Kalekin-Fishman
- Bib ID:
- 5484940
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Kalekin-Fishman, Devorah
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED287582
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986
- 15 p.
- Summary:
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The widespread assumption that play enhances the quality of children's lives is investigated in this paper. Theorists and rsearchers have given the word "play" definitions which emphasize (1) its complexity and degree of approximaton of the adult world, (2) initial conditions and themes and motives that characterize the realization of different types of play, (3) outcomes, and (4) the extent to which players are governed by rules. Caillois (1979) defined play as an activity that is free, separate in time and space, uncertain, unproductive, regulated, and fictive. Huizinga (1939) viewed total involvement as the essence of play and the basis for the catharsis that players achieve. The consideration of the relation between play and quality of life begins with an investigation of Baier's (1974) definition of 'quality of life' as the unspecified degree to which regional, physical, and social environments provide the conditions which allow for optimal life advancement. This definition facilitates thought about how play contributes to optimal life advancement. Since social structure and process determine the nature of play in a given sociocultural milieu, only onsite research can uncover the meaning of play in a given society and the connections between play and the quality of life. (RH)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the World Congress Meeting of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (18th, Jerusalem, Israel, July 13-17, 1986).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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