1. Taking Children and Young People Seriously: A Caring Relational Approach to Education; 2. A Cultural-Historical Approach to Children's Development and Childhood; 3. Working Relationally with Other Professionals and Families; 4. Very Young Children: Taking a Double Perspective in Understanding their Development; 5. Care and Education in Kindergarten with Play as the Core Activity; 6. Engaging with Knowledge When Starting School; 7. Care-full Approaches to Pedagogy; 8. The Primary School Age: Enabling the Agentic Learner; 9. Developmental Teaching as a Double Move Between Subject Knowledge and Children's Appropriation of Personal Knowledge; 10. Adolescence and Transitions into Early Adulthood; 11. A Caring Relational Approach to Education: Implications for Practice and Policy; References; Index.
Connects development, learning, and societal conditions with care and motivation for children and young people.
Mariane Hedegaard is Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychology at Copenhagen University, Denmark. She is also a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, UK and has an honorary degree from the University of Pablo de Olavide, Spain. The relations between children's motive orientation and institutional demands are central themes in her work. She has authored and edited several books, including Motives in Children's Development (2012) and Learning, Play and Children's Development (2013). Anne Edwards is Professor Emerita in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, UK. She has honorary doctorates from the University of Helsinki, Finland and the University of Oslo, Norway for her work on cultural-historical approaches to learning across the lifespan. In 2022 her lifetime's contribution to the field was recognised by the Cultural-Historical Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association.
'This seminal book brings together the life work of two of the most
respected cultural-historical scholars in education and child
development. The theoretical problem tackled is the relations
between learning and development. Their brilliant scholarship has
produced a classic text, and much-needed new thinking on caring as
relational pedagogy.' Marilyn Fleer, Monash University,
Australia
'This book is a must to all teachers, parents, and adults
interested in understanding and educating children in our perplexed
world. It brings hope for the present and future by demonstrating
the transformative power of caring, respectful, and agentic
relations between children and adults.' Kristiina Kumpulainen,
University of Helsinki, Finland
'A book that helps practitioners help children and their families,
from infancy to adolescence. Combining theoretical knowledge and
real-life examples, the authors succeed in demonstrating that care
can nurture agency, making clear why taking children's emotions,
intentions and sense-making seriously is a necessary attitude for
supporting development.' Juliana C. Pasqualini, State University of
São Paulo, Brazil
'This is a timely book. The authors break away from many outdated
canons portraying children as passive recipients of socialization.
Instead, attention is drawn to capturing children's own activities
and experiences – and the supports that society needs to provide
for these – as central to development. Practitioners, families, and
other carers will certainly benefit from this novel approach to
perennial questions about child development.' Anna Stetsenko, City
University of New York, USA
'The fruitful collaboration between two distinguished scholars has
resulted in a unique book about how children develop and how adults
can 'work relationally' to support them. This theoretically
sophisticated contribution offers concepts and inspiration for
professional practice. The book, richly illustrated by empirical
examples from children's everyday life, is highly relevant for
students, practitioners, educators, and researchers.' Oddbjørg
Skjær Ulvik, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
'Hedegaard and Edwards have produced a book that elegantly weaves
together theory of child development with practical models for
assisting practitioners/educators/parents and caregivers in working
care-fully with children and young people.' Joanne Hardman, Mind,
Culture, and Activity
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