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addressing others 127–9, 174, 177 aesthetic activities 69–74; aesthetic potential of play 72–4; authors 69–70; and ethical actions 70–2; self and other 69 agency 21, 129–40; definition 129; and the ethical self 131–6; and identity 81, 82; moral agency 16; in play 137–40 American Institute of Character

Education 182 answerability 24, 92, 177; and compassion 85, 111; in daily life 126–7, 192; definition 17; and ethical identity 22; and integrity 82–4; and projection 123–5 Aristotle 181 authoring ethical identities 21–2, 23, 134–6 authoring selves and identities 23, 81–96; agency 81, 82; answerability and integrity 82–4; authoritative and internally persuasive discourses 85–7; children’s selves and identities 87–96; self as self-others 84–5, 120 authoring selves and identities in play 23, 96–107; exploring possible identities 102–5; playing as projection into interrelated viewpoints 106; playing with possible selves 97–102; positioning in everyday and play worlds 105–6; shifting embodied discourses 106–7 Ayers, W. 184

Baba Yaga 43, 48t Bakhtin, M.M. 16–18, 19, 21, 30, 62,

66, 69, 70, 72–3, 77, 83, 84, 85, 87, 92, 98, 143–4, 145, 148, 153, 157, 186, 193 balance 118 Bateson, G. 6, 99 Bauman, Z. 14, 16, 192 Baumeister, R. 109, 114, 132, 133, 166, 171 Beauty and the Beast 38, 39, 43, 48t, 52, 137, 139 Bennett, N. et al. 6 Bennett, W. 183–4 Beowulf 25, 31, 48t, 53, 56 Bettelheim, B. 29, 63, 66 Bocharov, S. 84 Boler, M. 186–7, 189 Bredekamp, S. 8 Brooks, D. and Kann, M.E. 183 Bruner, J. 5, 11 Bruner, J.S. et al. 8, 9 Bush, George W. 110

Calvin & Hobbes 25, 25f, 26 caring relationships 184–5; playing with power 188–94 Carlsson-Paige, N. 59, 61 Cashdan, A. 4 character education 181–4 Chesterton, G.K. 67 child–adult play: as aesthetic experience 69, 70, 72–3; concerns about 5; ethical meaning-making 19, 97, 119; interactivity 18, 23, 71; positioning and protection 105–6, 112; and power 186–7 child–adult power relationships 17, 185–8; adult power relationship

stances 187–8; power and positioning 186–7 children’s selves and identities 87–96; cultural dimensions 88–93; following children’s desires 95–6; gender 88; positional dimensions 93–5 Christmas 37, 38–9 co-authoring ethical selves and identities 121–2, 177–84; agency 129–40; character education 181–4; ethical dispositions 122–9; ethical imagination 169–72; heuristic devices 158–69; moral development 178–81; refraction among discourses 145–54 see also co-authoring ethical understanding; co-authoring spaces co-authoring ethical understanding 154–8; complexity of ethical understanding 156–8; ethical evaluation 155–6; positioning-play 156 co-authoring spaces 140–5; changing context 144–5; making discourse one’s own 142–4; scaffolding 140; with semiotic tools 141–2; zones of proximal development 140 Coles, R. 91–2, 141 conscience 83, 169–70, 171 consciousness 64, 85, 111, 122, 170 conversations 66, 72, 118 Cooper, S. 112 Coustineau, P. 26–7, 53, 75 Creature from the Black Lagoon 51t curiosity 174–5

Dahlberg, G. 14, 173, 174, 175 Dalai Lama 172 Davies, B. 93–4, 138 death 118 Delbanco, A. 109–10, 113 Derrida, J. 15 DeVries, R. 179 dinosaurs 1–2, 43, 48t discourses: conversations 66, 72, 118; embodied discourses in play 106–7; ethical evaluation 155–6; field/tenor/mode 144, 148t; making one’s own 142–4; radical dialogue

174; utterances 143, 153 see also refraction among discourses Donald, M. 29 Doniger O’Flaherty, W. 26 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 50t, 52, 126, 145–54, 155–8, 163 Dracula 25, 45, 46f, 47f, 50t, 56, 58, 91, 126, 163 Dyson, A. Haas 12, 73–4

early childhood institutional settings 4 Edwards, C. et al. 173, 174 Edwards, C.P. 178 Egan, K. 29–30 Emerson, C. 16, 62, 81, 83, 85, 170 empathy 14, 70, 126, 131–3, 166 engagement and protection: fear in everyday life 56, 58–9, 67–8; identification with imagined events 55; limits of experience 56–7; monster scary and peoply scary worlds 56; protection in play 54–5, 105–6, 112 Erikson, E. 63, 74 ethical dispositions 122–9; addressing others 127–9; being answerable in daily life 126–7, 192; inferring intention from appearances 125–6; moral choices 122–3; projection and being answerable 123–5 ethical imagination 169–72 ethical pedagogy 173–94; caring relationships 184–5; child–adult power relationships 185–8; coauthoring ethical identities 177–84; play as ethical pedagogy 173–7; playing with power in caring relationships 188–94 ethical selves and identities 19–21, 77–9; authoring ethical identities 21–2, 134–6; authoring ethical identities in play 23; and sociocultural identities 79–81, 115–17, 121–2, 123 see also co-authoring ethical selves and identities ethical understanding see co-authoring ethical understanding ethics 12–24; dialogic theory of ethical action 16–19; in early childhood 3–5; feminist theories 16; moral choice 122–3; moral development

theory 13–14; poststructural theories 14–16; rights and responsibilities 13; terminology 5 Evans, K. 19, 79 evil see good-and-evil selves evolution 53 exclusion 66, 89

fairy tales 25, 37, 67 Favat, F. A. 25 fear in everyday life 56, 58–9, 67–8 Fernie, D.E. et al. 138–9 Flavell, J. et al. 14 Fly, The 51t folktales 29, 43 Foucault, M. 15–16, 185, 189 Frankenstein 40–1, 42–3f, 50t, 52, 53, 55, 67, 68, 71–2, 126, 150 Freud, S. 61–4, 84–5 Fromberg, D. 8–9 Fu, V. et al. 174

Gallas, K. 73–4 games 7 Gandini, L. 176 Gardner, J. 30–1 Garvey, C. 8 Gee, J.P. 23, 98 Geertz, C. 88 gender 22, 30, 88, 138–9, 191 ghosts 51t Gibbs, J. 14 Gilgamesh 49t Gilligan, C. 16, 184, 191 Glover, J. 132, 133 Goldenberg, S. 117 Goldhagen, D. 110 good-and-evil selves 107–19, 108f; capacity for evil 109–13, 171; in mythic play 107, 108–9, 112–13, 118–19, 157; negative and positive identification 113–14; socio-cultural and ethical identities 115–17 Grace, D.J. 185, 186 Grayling, A.C. 12, 97, 131–2 Great War, The 75 Greek myths 31, 49t, 53, 138

Hall, S. 79, 113–14 Halliday, M.A.K. 144, 147, 157 Harré, R. 93–4, 95 Harry Potter 27 Heaney, S. 195 Heathcote, D. 105 heroes 25, 27, 90 heuristic devices 158–69; adult-initiated creation 161–3; authoritative ethical heuristic devices 159–60; child-initiated creation, exploration and use 164–9; for everyday self-management 163; from life events 160–1 Hobbit, The 43 Hodges, M. 27–8, 32, 33, 36 Hoffman, M.L. 13, 14 Holland, D. et al. 21, 79, 81, 82, 87, 90–1, 96, 122, 129, 130, 158 Holland, P. 60, 66 Holquist, M. 30, 69, 193 horror stories 45, 46–7f, 57, 111–12, 125–6 Huizinga, J. 6 Hunchback of Notre Dame, The 50–1t, 127, 138, 139 Hyman, T. Schart 27–8, 32, 33

identification with imagined events 55 identity see ethical selves and identities; selves and identities imagination 1, 9–11, 12, 17, 92–3, 141–2, 177 Ingebretsen, E.J. 112 Inivisible Man 50t integrity 83–4, 134 intention 125–6 Iraq 24, 110–11, 117

Jack and the Beanstalk 25, 31, 37, 38, 43, 48t, 101, 137–8, 139 James, A. et al. 91, 93 Johnson, M. 159 Johnson, R. A. 118 Jones, E. 4, 74 Jones, G. 60 Jones, R. 196 Jung, C. 118

Kant, I. 12 Katch, J. 60, 66 Katz, L. 173 Keenan, B. 119–20 Kelly-Byrne, D. 184–5

Kendrick, M. 184–5 King, S. 25, 27, 111–12 King Kong 51t, 138, 139 Kohlberg, L. 14, 179, 181 Kohn, A. 15, 133, 136 Kress, G. 144

Lakoff, G. 181 Langenhove, L. 194, 195 Lave, J. 99, 100 Law, S. 182–3 Le Guin, U. 1 Leavitt, R. 189 Leeuwen, T.V. 144 Lehr, S. 112 Lévi-Strauss, C. 29 Levin, D. 59, 61 Levinas, E. 16, 191 Lickona, T. 182, 183 listening 170–1, 174–5, 190 Lord of the Rings, The 27, 43, 49t Lurker, E. 8

McClellan, B.E. 182 Maguire, M.C. 21 Man 51t Marcus, H. 11, 118 Mary Poppins 56, 57 Meadows, S. 4 metaphorical interpretation of play 67–8, 75 Middlemarch 92 Milgram, S. 127 Milton, J. 107 Miserables, Les 77–8, 80, 82–4, 85, 86–7, 96 Monroe, K.R. 21, 132, 133, 134 monsters 25, 26, 27, 32f, 40–1, 45, 54, 56, 58–9, 90, 126, 190 moral choice 122–3 moral companionship 91–3 moral development 13–14, 178–81 moral imagination 92–3 moral intelligence 91 morality: terminology 5 Morris, P. 69, 85, 87 Morson, G.S. 16, 62, 81, 83, 85, 170 Moss, P. 14, 173, 174, 175 movies and videos 45, 57 Moyles, J.R. 8 Mummy 51t Murdoch, I. 122 mythic narratives 26–33; binary opposites 29–30; content 27–8; definition 26, 27; form 27; living with mythic narratives 32–3, 32f, 34–5f; mythic understanding 29–30; oppositional positions 30–2 mythic play 25–6, 33, 36–54; adult control 64–6; dominant beliefs 59–66; and everyday play 37–9, 56, 74–5; Freudian theoretical framework 61–4; good-and-evil selves 107, 108–9, 112–13, 118–19, 157; liminality 91; limits of experience 56–7; purposes 52–4, 112–13 mythic play worlds 39–47, 42–3f, 44f, 46–7f, 48–51t, 52, 56, 91

Night of the Living Dead 51t, 57 Nightmare on Elm Street 51t Noddings, N. 16, 133, 181, 184, 191 Northern Ireland 115, 116–17, 119, 194–5 Norton, B. 20 novels 17–18 Nurius, P. 11, 118

Oliner, P.M. 14, 132–3 Oliner, S.P. 14, 132–3

Pagels, E. 111 Paley, V.G. 60, 65, 66, 73–4, 174–5, 176 Pateman, T. 6 pedagogy see ethical pedagogy Pelligrini, A.D. 8 Peter Rabbit 18, 25, 38, 43, 48t, 137, 139, 188–9 Phelan, A.M. 185–6 Piaget, J. 7–8, 13, 14, 29, 73, 140 Piggy at the Wheel 38, 176 play: adult play 10; adult roles in child’s play 4–5; as aesthetic activity 69–74; aesthetic potential 72–4; as an attitude to activities 8–9, 61–2; as authoring 70, 73; authoring ethical identities in 23; binary thinking about play 5–8; and communication 176–7; as ethical pedagogy 173–7; functional view

6–7; games 7; identification with imagined events 55; and metaphorical interpretation 67–8, 75; Piagetian theory 7–8; pretend play 7, 185; protection in play 54–5, 105–6, 112; purposes 62; as a workshop for life 10–12, 63, 74–6, 184 see also authoring selves and identities in play; child–adult play; mythic play; mythic play worlds; play spaces; play worlds and everyday life play spaces 98–102, 98f; everyday spaces 98; field/tenor/mode 144–5, 148t; overlap of everyday and pretend play spaces 99–102; projective-reflective authoring spaces 102; socially imagined pretend play spaces 99 see also co-authoring spaces play tutors 4 play worlds and everyday life 9–10, 56, 57, 67–8 playing with power in caring relationships 188–94; power over/for/with 187–8, 188f; using power for others 191–2; using power over others 189–91; using power with others 17, 193–4 Poe, Edgar Allan 25, 45 power: adults over children 60, 187; authoritarian discourses 86, 95, 127–8, 129–30, 190; child–adult power relationships 17, 185–8; and identity 22; in play 59, 62, 150–1; power over/for/with 187–8, 188f; and powerlessness 139; relationships 15–17, 22; and responsibility 16; use of 54, 119 see also playing with power in caring relationships Power, C. et al. 179 Power Rangers 50t, 56 Prospero’s Books 38 protection in play 54–5, 105–6, 112 Pullman, P. 107

radical dialogue 174 Ramayana 49t, 127 Ramsey, P.G. 178 Rankin, B. 174 reading 45, 63, 70 Readings, B. 175 Red Balloon, The 56 refraction among discourses 145–54; adult experience 145; easing refraction 149–50; in inner and social speech 147–8; past and present voices of inner speech 152–4; playing in the world of

Jekyll-and-Hyde 145–54; relative power and authority in play 150–1 Reggio Emilia 173–7, 185 Reynolds, G. 4, 74 rights and responsibilities 13, 16 Rogoff, B. 140 Romeo and Juliet 56 Ryan, K. 182

Saint George and the Dragon 27–8, 30, 31, 32–3, 36, 48t, 52, 69, 106–7 scaffolding 140 scary worlds 54, 56, 57 Schechner, R. 61–2 Schwartzman, H.D. 6, 7, 8, 62, 101 self as self-others 84–5, 120 self-management 131, 133–4, 163 Selman, R.L. 14 selves and identities 77–120; agency 81, 82, 131–6; authoring selves and identities 23, 81–96; authoring selves and identities in play 23, 96–107; feminist poststructuralist theory 19; socio-cultural and ethical identities 78–81, 115–17, 121–2, 123 see also children’s selves and identities; ethical selves and identities; good-and-evil selves semiotic tools 141–2 sharing 89–90, 127 Shefatya, L. 4 Shultz, L.H. 14 Siegal, A. 112 Smagorinsky, P. 181, 182 Smilansky, S. 4, 7 socio-cultural identities 79–81, 115–17, 121–2, 123 Star Wars 27, 31, 49–50t, 52, 60, 126, 127, 138, 142, 164–9 Stine, R.L. 27, 45, 51t stories and novels 17–18, 37–9, 45, 48–51t see also horror stories

superhero play see mythic play Sutton-Smith, B. 65, 185 symbolism 11 sympathy 131–3, 166 Taxel, J. 181, 182

Thomas the Tank Engine 37 Thompson, M. 122 Thorne, B. 8, 88 Tobin, J. 185, 186 Todorov, T. 112 tornados 58 Treasure Island 163 Turner, V. 9, 30–1, 91

video games 23, 62, 111–12 violence 59–60, 65–6, 75, 90, 108–9, 119, 145, 185, 189 Voloshinov, V.N. 85, 148 Vygotsky, L. 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 29, 55, 62, 66, 91, 137, 140, 141, 142, 159, 163 war 24, 172 War of the Worlds 45, 50t Warner, M. 26, 52 Weber, M. 189 Wegner-Spöhring, G. 65 Wells, H.G. 45 Wenger, E. 21, 99, 100, 113, 129 werewolves 25, 25f, 26, 39–41, 50t, 55, 56, 68, 71–2, 146 Wertsch, J. 137 Winnicott, D.W. 6 Winnie-the-Pooh 37, 53, 54 Winston, J. 181–2 Wood, D. et al. 140

Zan, B. 179 zombies 51t, 52, 56, 57, 111 zones of proximal development (ZPD) 140