Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-160) and index.
Contents
Preface -- A purview of the problems -- Definitions of play -- Classical theories of play -- Recent theories of play -- Modern theories of play -- An integration -- Implications for practice.
Summary
"This book ... is designed to influence the provisions for play in the home, in the day-care or child development center, in the school, and in the provision of adult leisure services ... It is a critical analysis of the content and assumptions of the many theories or explanations for play behavior."--Page xii.