Individual Development and the Curriculum

By Kieran Egan

Book Overview

This book describes four 'layers' or stages of education - Mythic, Romantic, Philosophic and Ironic and shows how children at each stage most effectively learn, and how they can be helped towards educational maturity. While drawing on a wide range of philosophical and psychological literature, this new theory is primarily constructed from close observation of children in their common and intense imaginative engagements, and in everyday educational practice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415753317
• ISBN13: 9780415753319
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages