This new publication is part of a collection ‘Biblioteca de Psicología’, elaborated by El País.
24/11/2022.- Professor of Psychology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV) and member of the PROEM Network, Maite Garaigordobil, has published the book “El juego infantil. The importance of play in human development”.
PhD in Psychology since 1992, specialist in Clinical Psychology since 2004 and Professor of Psychological Assessment and Diagnosis since 2009 at the UPV, Maite Garaigordobil is a national reference in psychological intervention in clinical and educational contexts and in the development of psychological assessment instruments for children, adolescents and adults.
Specifically, in this book Maite Garaigordobil brings together the scientific knowledge available on the importance of play in child development and emphasizes the need for adults to stimulate it at school, in the family and in children’s leisure spaces. It also provides information on psychomotor, intellectual, cooperative, creative and affective games with practical ideas to promote the development of children’s personality.
For the author, the main objective of this work “is to highlight that play has deep connections with human development in other areas beyond play, such as creativity, problem solving, learning social roles, and the expression and management of emotions”.
This new publication signed by Maite Garaigordobil is part of the ‘Biblioteca de Psicología‘ collection, produced by the newspaper El País, which aims to bring the latest news on research in the different areas of this scientific discipline.
The collection has been created by leading specialists under the editorial direction and advice of Pablo Fernández-Berrocal, Professor of Psychology at the University of Malaga, and José Ramón Alonso, Professor of Cell Biology at the Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León. The cast of authors is made up of professors, researchers and disseminators of renowned prestige.
The ‘Biblioteca de Psicología’ publishing project brings the most important current research areas to the general public, covering topics such as emotions, memory, emotional relationships, developmental psychology, depression, suicide, adolescence and aging, among many others.
Maite Garaigordobil’s book, and all the books in the promotion, are available on the Collections website of El País for a price of 9.95 euros.
