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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kieran Egan (Simon Fraser University, Canada)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.730kg ISBN: 9780415672436ISBN 10: 0415672430 Pages: 306 Publication Date: 08 December 2011 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1 Some Educational Implications of Children’s Fantasy. 2 The Domestication of the sauvage mind 3 The Story Form and the Organization of Meaning. 4 Some Further Characteristics of Mythic Understanding. 5 Cultural Recapitulation: Some Comments on Theory 6 A Curriculum for Primary Education 7 A Framework for Primary Teaching. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.Reviews'Egan has not only supplied us with an agenda for more fully exploring the issues he raises but has also given us support for some of the best of current practice.' Teachers College Record '...the book should be compulsory reading for all those concerned with the education of young children...Egan's thinking and theory goes well beyond Piaget, Bruner, Hirst and others who have written about education and the curriculum; it gives an authentic sense of the world of childhood, without sentimentality or ideological bias.' John Wilson 'Egan has not only supplied us with an agenda for more fully exploring the issues he raises but has also given us support for some of the best of current practice.' Teachers College Record '...the book should be compulsory reading for all those concerned with the education of young children...Egan's thinking and theory goes well beyond Piaget, Bruner, Hirst and others who have written about education and the curriculum; it gives an authentic sense of the world of childhood, without sentimentality or ideological bias.' John Wilson `Egan has not only supplied us with an agenda for more fully exploring the issues he raises but has also given us support for some of the best of current practice.' Teachers College Record `...the book should be compulsory reading for all those concerned with the education of young children...Egan's thinking and theory goes well beyond Piaget, Bruner, Hirst and others who have written about education and the curriculum; it gives an authentic sense of the world of childhood, without sentimentality or ideological bias.' John Wilson Author InformationKieran Egan Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |