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Peer reviewedEmmison, Michael; Goldman, Laurence – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1997
Examines the complex nature of pretense as portrayed in a popular UK children's television puppet show. Argues that animality of puppets is rendered opaque as their identities as children are linguistically accomplished, leading to a piece of representational art structured by moral and behavioral dictates typical of conventional adult-child…
Descriptors: Children, Fantasy, Foreign Countries, Imagination
Peer reviewedSherratt, Dave – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2002
A study examined whether it was possible to teach five children (ages 5-6) with autism to use symbolic pretend play. The intervention used structure, affect, and repetition and progressively faded out the structuring over three phases. All of the children were able to use some symbolic acts within play. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Development, Children, Creativity
