Contexts of Childhood and Play: Exploring Parental Perceptions

Autor/inn/en	Singh, Asha; Gupta, Deepa
Titel	Contexts of Childhood and Play: Exploring Parental Perceptions
Quelle	In: Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 19 (2012) 2, S.235-250 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0907-5682
DOI	10.1177/0907568211413941
Schlagwörter	Expertise; Social Class; Play; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Socialization; Parent Attitudes; Cross Cultural Studies; Social Differences; Academic Achievement; Intuition; Socioeconomic Status; Epistemology; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Expert appraisal; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Spiel; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Elternverhalten; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Sozialer Unterschied; Schulleistung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Erkenntnistheorie; Indien
Abstract	The article explores cross-cultural notions of play in childhood among parents based on empirical investigations in two economically diverse residential areas in a metropolis in India. All parents had an unquestionable belief in an epistemic grounding of play in children's lives. However, parents begin to question play timings and children's engagement with play when faced with the contemporary demands of schooling which are enmeshed in a childhood dominated by academic achievement, suppressing parents' intuitive leanings towards play. The school-led social environment regulates play and shapes notions of childhood, forcing parents to socialize children for school performance and "print expertise". Social class variations are more an outcome of socioeconomic geographies and not education-based awareness only. The penetrating advent of technology in children's lives renders gadgets as treasured play objects among certain social groups replacing the make-believe games of yesteryear. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10