Free Download Niklas Pramling, Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson, "Educational Encounters: Nordic Studies in Early Childhood Didactics"
English | 2011 | pages: 268 | ISBN: 9400737874, 9400716168 | PDF | 3,1 mb
Qualitative analyses of young children’s learning in natural settings are rare, so this new book will make educators sit up and pay attention. It lays out a Nordic, or continental European teaching and learning paradigm whose didactic framework is distinct from the Anglo-American system. This analysis, which features contributions and case studies from researchers in a range of subjects, is built on principles such as the learner’s perspective, establishing sufficient intersubjectivity, ‘pointing out’, and informing experience linguistically. After clarifying some historical background, the book discusses the contemporary emphasis in early childhood education on pedagogy/learning. What should ‘didactics’ mean in educating young children?
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