In this essay I am going to discuss the characteristics of play starting from the difficulty of the definition to how it is now commonly described. I will also look at how many theorist believe play develops. Many theorist believe they know what the play types are and at what stage these play type may manifest. I am also going to look at how these theorist manage to talk abot the development of play with at mentioning the development of self and fits in with play. And finally how gender identity affects play and how it is developed.
There have been many attempts to define play. Fagan (1974) made a distinction between two different types of definition a functional and the structural approach. The functionalist approach suggests that play has no external goals so if the end goal is to eat seek comfort etc then this behaviour is not play. How ever if there was no goal at all then children would on play the play because the enjoy it, so the functionalist approach has led to a......

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Title: The Development In Play Behaviour Has Been Described As A Series Of Stages. Present The Evidence For This And Evaluate With Reference To The Development Of The Notion Of The 'Self'.
Approximate Word Count: 2019
Approximate Pages: 9 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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