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.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• Ethics in play
• Mythic and everyday play
• Playing with possible selves, authoring identities
• Co-authoring ethical selves and identities
• Play as ethical pedagogy.