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Report RE: superhero and gun play

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RE: superhero and gun play - 22-01-09 16:00

by: lilynolife

Hi Miss A,

When finishing my MA I looked at 'war play' for my dissertation, the books I referred to are listed below.  I believe children should be afforded opportunities to participate in war play, it helps them to make sense of the world and stimulates their imagination.... that doesn't mean practitioners don't need to be observant in order to ensure the play is purposeful and supported to enable children to use their own experiences to influence their play.  Good luck with the assignment.

Adams, S. & Moyles, J. (2005) Images of Violence: Responding to children’s representations of the violence they see., Featherstone Education, Lutterworth.

 

Carlsson-Paige, N & Levin, D.E (1990) Who’s Calling The Shots? How to Respond Effectively to Children’s Fascination with War Play and War Toys and Violent TV. Philadelphia,  NEW SOCIETY PUBLISHERS.

 

Department for Children, Schools and Families (2007) Confident, capable and creative: supporting boys’ achievements. Guidance for practitioners in the Early Years Foundation Stage.  DCFS Publications.

 

Dodd, A., Dollins, R., Snyder, T & Welch, H. (1992) War and Peace: Toys, Teachers & Tots. Dept of Family & Child Development, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY (paper presented at the annual conference of the Southern Association on Children under 6)

 

Hoffman, E. (2004) Magic Capes, Amazing Powers.  Transforming Superhero Play in the Classroom. Redleaf Press, Minnesota.

 

 

Holland, P (2003) We don’t play with guns here; War, weapon and superhero play in the early years. Maidenhead, OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS.

 

Hyder, T (2005) War, Conflict and Play, MPG Books Ltd,  OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS

 

Kalliala, M. (2006) Play Culture in a Changing World, Open University Press, Maidenhead.

 

 

Levin, D. E and Carlsson-Paige (2004) The War Play Dilemma  What Every Parent and Teacher Needs to Know (second edition), USA, TEACHERS AT COLLEGE PRESS

 

Sutton-Smith, B. (February1988) War toys and childhood aggression. Play and Culture. 1.1, p57 – 69 in Smith, P., Cowie, H and Blades, M (2003) Understanding Children’s Development (4th Edition),  Blackwell Publishing.

 

 

Turley, J. (2007) My Boys Like Shootouts.  Whats Wrong With That? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/23/AR2007022301749.html  (retrieved 23 June 2008)

 

Turner, C.W. and Goldsmith, D. (1976) Effects of toy guns and airplanes on children’s antisocial free play behaviour, Journal of Experimental child Psychology, 21:303 – 15.

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