Free (DRM-free PDF) Radical-Local Teaching & Learning [Academic Kid Education Theory]

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Radical-Local Teaching and Education: A Cultural-Historical Approach edited by Seth Chaiklin and Mariane Hedegaard is their academic childhood education theory and practical case study/planning guide to Exactly What It Says In The Title, free courtesy of the Aarhus University Press in Denmark.

This is their English-language Free Book of the Month selection for October.

Currently free just through October 31st directly @ the university's dedicated promo page (DRM-free PDF available worldwide).

Description
Radical-Local Teaching and Learning presents a theoretical perspective for analyzing and planning educational programmes for schoolchildren.

The radical-local approach provides an integrated perspective for confronting the tension that arises between a universal goal to prepare all children for a satisfying and productive societal life and the historical fact that most contemporary societies have culturally and historically diverse populations.

To realize both general societal interests and worthwhile personal development, the content of educational programmes for children must be grounded in the local conditions within which the children live.

The first half of the book introduces the idea of radical-local teaching and learning and develops the theoretical background for this perspective, drawing on the cultural-historical research tradition, particularly from Vygotsky, El'konin, Davydov, and Aidarova. The second half of the book addresses the central concern of radical-local teaching and learning — how to relate educational practices to children's specific historical and cultural conditions by presenting an attempt to realize a radical-local teaching approach in a teaching experiment.