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Direct linkTaylor, Marjorie; Sachet, Alison B.; Maring, Bayta L.; Mannering, Anne M. – Social Development, 2013
Role-play (i.e., pretending in which children imagine and act out the part of another individual) was assessed with child interviews and parent questionnaires about invisible friends, personified objects, and pretend identities in a sample of 208 young children. Children who engaged in role-play did not differ from other children in age or…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Young Children, Imagination, Interviews
Peer reviewedElbers, Ed – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Examines the growth of understanding of citizenship in young children, particularly children's grasp of rules of school life. Explores development of citizenship by studying children's representations of school life and adult-child relationships in pretend play. Touches upon Dewey's, Piaget's, and Vygotsky's theories of child development. (BGC)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Citizen Role
Collins, Mark, Ed.; Kimmel, Margaret Mary, Ed. – 1996
This collection of essays addresses the enduring influence and importance of Fred Rogers' 40 years of work in children's television. The 14 essays explore his message of tolerance, courtesy, and self respect, and its influence on children and adults as a counterbalance to social pressures increasingly impinging on children today. The essays are:…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Adults, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes
