Forming ethical identities in early childhood play

• Main Author: Edmiston, Brian.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
• Series: Contesting early childhood.
• Subjects: Play > Moral and ethical aspects.; Child development.; Moral development.; Identity (Psychology); Socialization.; Early childhood education.; Children and adults.; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Child Development.; Play and Playthings > psychology.; Child.; Moral Development.; Parent-Child Relations.; Identity (Psychology) in children.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780203934739 (electronic bk.); 0203934733 (electronic bk.); 9780415435475 (hbkhardback); 0415435471 (hbkhardback); 9780415435482 (pbk.); 041543548X (pbk.)

Through compelling examples, Brian Edmiston presents the case for why and how adults should play with young children to create with them a 'workshop for life'. In a chapter on 'mythic play' Edmiston confronts adult discomfort over children's play with pretend weapons, as he encourages adults both to support children's desires to experience in imagination the limits of life and death, and to travel with children on their transformational journeys into unknown territory. This book provides researchers and students with a sound theoretical framework for re-conceptualising significant aspects of p.