Taking children and young people serious: A caring relational approach to education

Mariane Hedegaard, Anne Edwards

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Abstract

Children and young people are active agents with motives and intentions who can contribute to their social worlds. Taking children seriously involves both accessing their perspectives as they make sense of the world and working relationally with them to guide their motive orientations. In this book, Hedegaard and Edwards draw upon their own and others' research on children from birth to school leaving age to advocate for relational support for learners and to emphasise the caring aspects of this support. The authors provide a scholarly account of the cultural-historical underpinnings of their caring relational approach, while bringing these ideas to life through examples of practices in families and in more formal settings. Written for those who work with children and young people in varied capacities, this book reveals the knowledge and skills required for the subtle and reciprocal work of supporting the learning and development of children and young people.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCambridge
PublisherCambridge University Press
Edition1
Number of pages350
ISBN (Print)978-1-108-83348-6
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2023

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences

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