Forming ethical identities in early childhood play /
By: Edmiston, Brian.
Series: Contesting early childhood.Publisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2008Description: x, 213 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415435475; 9780203934739:; 0415435471; 9780415435482 (pbk.); 041543548X (pbk.).Subject(s): Play -- Moral and ethical aspects | Child development | Children and adults | Moral development | Identity (Psychology)![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ethics in play -- Mythic and everyday play -- Playing with possible selves, authoring identities -- Co-authoring ethical selves and identities -- Play as ethical pedagogy.
Brian Edmiston presents the case for why and how adults should play with young children to create with them a 'workshop for life'. This book provides researchers and students with a sound theoretical framework for re-conceptualising significant aspects of pretend play in early childhood.