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| Comparative Analysis | 1 |
| Data Analysis | 1 |
| Educational Sociology | 1 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Peer Relationship | 1 |
| Physical Education | 1 |
| Play | 1 |
| Playground Activities | 1 |
| Social Behavior | 1 |
| Student Behavior | 1 |
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| Sociology of Education | 1 |
Author
| Polgar, Sylvia Knopp | 1 |
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Peer reviewedPolgar, Sylvia Knopp – Sociology of Education, 1976
Compares the game playing behavior of sixth-grade boys in free play in school yards and in formal physical education periods. The author concludes that play in the peer group context develops an egalitarian and consensual model concerned with means and that play in the adult-structured context fosters an authoritarian model concerned with ends.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Educational Sociology, Elementary Education
