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| when children play side by side with each other. In this mode, children begin to learn from one another. |
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| involves children sharing a common game or activity. |
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| when children actually begin to join in games as players with assigned roles. |
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| refers to being concerned or preoccupied with oneself |
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| known as the father of the playground movement. He earned that title by creating the first playgrounds in the Boston area, thus establishing a model by which thousands more would be developed. Also realized early on that there was a shortage of activities for young children and adolescents in the city. |
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| In America, we place a great deal of importance on either playing a sport, acting as spectators, or ____ through others’ sports exploits. By _____, we mean we are projecting ourselves into the game or experience and experiencing it through someone else. Many of us live vicariously through our children. We may never have had the skills to be great athletes, but we may be able to have a second chance at enjoying athletics through the activities of our children. |
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| the developmental transition from childhood to adulthood that begins at the onset of puberty, between ten and twelve years of age, and ends at nineteen or twenty years of age. |
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| An enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of relationships through interactions with one another. |
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| A clustering of people with a common bond. |
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| Occurs when people normally not professionally associated with the particular field of government work volunteer to help in the administration of public affairs. |
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| Laws that provide or enable the ability to levy taxes, collect fees, and establish park boards. |
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| The production of goods and services with labor. |
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| An economy in which the majority of the labor force is engaged in farming and extractive work. |
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| An economy based on manufacturing. |
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| A predicted post-industrial economy in which more time will be available for recreation and leisure. |
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| organizations or agencies that derive funding from public sources such as property taxes, real-estate taxes, or sales taxes. Since taxation is the source of funding, these providers must make opportunities available to all persons. |
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| These providers are typically non-profits, and their role is to enrich the life of participating members through meaningful leisure opportunities offered to groups or individuals. The majority of the money raised goes back into the organizations. |
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| These providers design appealing activities for customers in order to make a profit. They may be very competitive or may provide a service that is not available through private or public providers because of the associated expenses. |
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| provided equal opportunities for women in collegiate athletics. |
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| From 18 months to 5 years |
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| From 18 months to 3 years |
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| Sensorimotor Stage of Development |
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| the stage from birth to 2 years of age during which children learn to deal with objects, time, and space on a concrete basis |
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| Activity that uses the large muscle groups that coordinate body movements required for normal living, such as walking, running, jumping, throwing, and balance |
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| a child between 3 and 5 years |
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| the period of childhood between 5-12 years old |
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| precise, coordinated movements in such activities as writing, buttoning, tracing, cutting, and visual tacking |
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| steel slides, seesaws, swings, merry-go-round, and climbing apparatus placed on dirt or gravel. |
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| This was post world war II when children used their own imaginative playgrounds on the sites of bombed out buildings. |
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| the period of life at which the ability to reproduce begins |
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| Secondary Sex Characteristics |
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| Physical characteristics that appear in only one sec and are not directly related to reproduction (Breasts in females, thickened vocal cords for males) |
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| a disorder characterized by a prolonged refusal to eat, resulting in emaciation, cessation of menstruation, emotional disturbance concerning body image, and an abnormal fear of becoming obese |
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| an insatiable craving for food, often resulting in episodes of continuous eating and often followed by purging, depression, and self-deprivation |
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| experienced by adolescents who have not achieved a sense of identity and who tend to exhibit erratic and sometimes self-destructive behavior |
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| adolescents who are in trouble at home or school, who may be involved in substance abuse and who may or may not have been brought into the juvenile justice system |
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| The period of adulthood from the ages of 20 and 40 |
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| Americans born between 1965 and 1976; this generation numbers about 41 million people |
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| termination of menstruation and the end of childbearing capability |
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| Americans born in the post World War II years between 1946 and 1964; this generation numbers about 77 million people |
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| a family that consists only of mother father and children. Named for the nuclear age that began after World War II |
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| discrimination based on age |
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| suggests that successful aging depends on remaining active and socially involved |
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| views aging as a process of mutual (and mutually satisfactory) withdrawal: the individual from society from the individual |
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| holds that wether people perceive the causes of events as being internal or external to themselves determines whether they feel confident or inadequate in dealing with situations |
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| enjoys a high degree of self-esteem and life satisfaction. Outgoing characteristics and will adjust well to the aging of their lives |
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| Passive- dependent personality |
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| Rely heavily on others for motivation and emotional support. They tend to have limited interest in their surroundings |
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| Angry, self hater and unsatisfied with life ingeneral |
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| the whole body of usages, practices, or conventions that regulates social life |
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| the fixed, morally binding customs of a group |
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| a division of humankind possessing traits that are transmittable by descent |
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| the affiliation of a large group of people classed according to a common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural background |
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| state of being specifically neither female or male in terms of attributes and behavior |
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| 1-5 yrs. Kids will either play with self (Self-play) or play along with other (Parallel Play). Kids will explore (Exploration) and imitate. Teaching approaches are exploration and problem solving. |
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| 4-8 years old. Kids will play with a partner ( Partner play) or will join in on a small group. Process of play will entail imitation, prediction, analysis, and synthesis. Teaching approach should entail problem solving and guided discovery |
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| 7-12 years old. Kids will join in on small groups or team play. Process of play will be testing, contesting, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Teaching approach should entail problem solving, guided discovery and command |
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