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Full Screen- TITLE
- DECLARATION
- CERTIFICATE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF TABLES
- LIST OF FIGURES
- LIST OF APPENDICES
- I. INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION
- 1.1.0 NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY
- 1.2.0 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
- 1.3.0 DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS
- 1.4.0 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
- 1.5.0 METHODOLOGY
- 1.6.0 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
- 1.7.0 ORGANISATION OF THE REPORT
- II. THEORETICAL OVERVIEW
- 2.1.0 Meaning of Play
- 2.2.0 Play and Work
- 2.3.0 Definitions of Play
- 2.4.0 Play Theories
- 2.1 Theories of play
- 2.5.0 Developmental Sequence of Play
- 2.6.0 Gender Differences in Play
- 2.7.0 Play and Culture
- 2.8.0 Physical Play
- 2.9.0 Fantasy Play
- III. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
- 3.1.0 Studies on the importance of Play and its influence on child
- 3.2.0 Studies on Gender Differences in Free Play Preferences
- 3.3.0 Studies on the Relationship between Play and Culture
- 3.4.0 Studies on the Importance of Fantasy play and its influence on the cognitive development of the child
- IV. METHODOLOGY
- 4.1.0 Method Adopted for the Study
- 4.2.0 Tools Employed
- 4.3.0 Procedure for the Collection of Data
- 4.4.0 Selection of Sample
- 4.1 Breakup of the sample selected for the study
- 4.5.0 Statistical Techniques Adopted for the Study
- V. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
- 5.1.0 Cognitive development of pre-school children in selectcultural settings of Kerala
- 5.1 Cognitive development of pre-school children in select cultural settings of Kerala
- 5.1 Pie diagrams showing Cognitive scores of rural, urban, coastal and tribal children
- 5.2.0 Material and Physical Free play activities of Pre-school Children at School and Home
- 5.3.0 Fantasy play themes and its gender differences of pre-school children at school and home inselect cultural settings of Kerala
- 5.4.0 Gender differences in fantasy play preferences of preschool children at home
- 5.2 Fantasy Play Preferences of Pre-school children
- 5.2 Bar diagrams show Fantasy Play Preferences of Pre-school children.
- 5.5.0 List of the Play materials used by the pre-schoolers
- 5.6.0 Gender differences in free play preferences of pre-school children in the indoor and outdoor free play at pre-school in select cultural settings of Kerala
- 5.3 Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Rural area
- 5.3 Bar diagram shows Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Rural area
- 5.4 Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Urban area
- 5.4 Bar diagram shows Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Urban area
- 5.5 Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Tribal area
- 5.5 Bar diagram represents Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Pre- schoolchildren in Tribal area
- 5.6 Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Coastal area
- 5.6 Bar diagram shows Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Coastal area
- 5.7 Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Pre school children in Coastal area
- 5.7 Bar diagram shows Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Coastal area
- 5.8 Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Pre school children in Tribal area
- 5.8 Bar diagram shows Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Tribal area
- 5.9 Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Pre school children in Urban area
- 5.9 Bar diagram shows Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Urban area
- 5.10 Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Pre school children in Rural area
- 5.10 Bar diagram shows Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Rural area
- 5.7.0 Gender differences in free play preferences of pre-schoolchildren in the indoor and outdoor fme play at home in selectcultural settings of Kerala
- 5.11 Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Tribal area
- 5.11 Bar diagram shows Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Tribal area
- 5.12 Home Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Urban area
- 5.12 Bar diagram shows Home Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Urban area
- 5.13 Home Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Rural area
- 5.13 Bar diagram represents Home Indoor free play preferences of Pre- school children in Rural area
- 5.14 Home Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Coastal area
- 5.14 Bar diagram shows Home Indoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Coastal area
- 5.15 Home Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Coastal area
- 5.15 Bar diagram shows Home Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Coastal area
- 5.16 Home Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Rural area
- 5.16 Bar diagram shows Home Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Rural area
- 5.17 Home Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Urban area
- 5.17 Bar diagram shows Home Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Urban area
- 5.18 Home Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Tribal area
- 5.18 Bar diagram indicates Home Outdoor free play preferences of Pre-school children in Tribal area
- 5.8.0 Relationship between cognitive development and free play preferences of pre-school children
- 5.19 Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Girls
- 5.19 Bar diagram represents Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Girls
- 5.20 Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Boys
- 5.20 Bar diagram shows Nursery Indoor free play preferences of Boys
- 5.21 Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Girls
- 5.21 Bar diagram shows Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Girls
- 5.22 Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Boys
- 5.22 Bar diagram represents Nursery Outdoor free play preferences of Boys
- 5.23 Home Indoor free play preferences of Girls
- 5.23 Bar diagram shows Home Indoor free play preferences of Girls
- 5.24 Home Indoor free play preferences of Boys
- 5.24 Bar diagram indicates Home Indoor free play preferences of Boys
- 5.25 Home Outdoor free play preferences of Girls
- 5.25 Bar diagram indicates Home Outdoor free play preferences of Girls
- 5.26 Home Outdoor free play preferences of Boys
- 5.26 Bar diagram indicates Home Outdoor free play preferences of Boys
- 5.27 Free play preferences of pre-school boys and girls high scorers
- 5.27 Bar diagram represents Free play preferences of pre-school boys and girls high scorers
- 5.28 Free play preferences of pre-school boys and girls average scorers
- 5.28 Bar diagram represents Free play preferences of pre-school boys and girls average scorers
- 5.29 Free play preferences of pre-school boys and girls low scorers
- 5.29 Bar diagram shows Free play preferences of pre school boys and girls low scorers
- VI. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
- 6.1.0 The Study in Retrospect
- 6.2.0 Major Finding of the Study
- 6.3.0 Educational Implications of the Study
- 6.4.0 Suggestions for Further Research
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- I A Format of the Running Record
- II Behavioural Categories Employed in the Time Sampling Study of the Free Play Preferences of Pre-School Children
- III Time sampling Schedule
- IV Video Compact Disc of Free Play Preferences of Pre-school Children