Physical Play and Children's Digital Games

by Krystina Madej

Play engages humans cognitively, emotionally, and physically at all ages. Using a historical framework, and focusing on play as represented by material artifacts such as toys and games, this book explores play as a form of somatic engagement that reflects cultural attitudes about development and learning as these have evolved over time in western culture. Theorists in the twentieth century such as Klein and Winnicott, Huizinga and Callois, Piaget,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319428748
• ISBN13: 9783319428741
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 89 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"