NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ569146
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Immediate and Ultimate Functions of Physical Activity Play.
McCune, Lorraine
Child Development, v69 n3 p601-03 Jun 1998
Play has been difficult to define because it is an aspect of many activities rather than of just a specific kind of activity. Classic theorists such as Piaget and Vygotsky emphasized representational play as play in its purist form, but both immediate and ultimate functions of play can be discerned in simple physical activity play. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Definitions, Evolution, Physical Activities, Piagetian Theory, Play, Pretend Play
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Functional Ecology of Development; Functionalism; Piaget (Jean); Play Theory; Vygotsky (Lev S)
Note: Comments on Pellegrini and Smith article (PS 528 098) in this issue.