Gender, sex and children's play

Gender, sex and children's play / Jacky Kilvington and Ali Wood.

"Does gender, sex and sexuality influence children's play, and their learning? Can/should professionals try to influence children's gender and sexual concepts? Can/should professionals try to prevent gender stereotyping? These and other questions are explored in a lively and thought-p...

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Main Authors: Kilvington, Jacky (Author), Wood, Ali (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Subjects:
Play.
Sex role.
Sex differences.
Child development.
play (recreation)
sex role.
EDUCATION > General.
EDUCATION > Preschool & Kindergarten.
EDUCATION > Educational Psychology.
EDUCATION > Elementary.
Child development
Play
Sex differences
Sex role
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Gender and sex: the play perspective
  • Gender and sexuality in childhood: perspectives past and present
  • Boys and girls playing: same or different?
  • The theoretical perspective
  • Implications for boys and girls playing: children, sex and sexuality
  • The adult bias and reflective practice
  • Conscious competence in support of children playing
  • Afterword
  • Appendices. Playwork prinicples
  • Play types
  • Education
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index.

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