Introduction to Children's Sense-Making

Beginning with descriptions of the ways in which children make sense of their experience and the world, such as fantasy, stories and games, Egan constructs his argument that constituting this foundational layer are sets of cultural sense-making capacities, reflected in oral cultures throughout the world.

Educational Philosophy

Egan sees education as the acquisition of these sets of sense-making capacities, available in our culture, and his goal is to conceptualize primary education in a way that overcomes the dichotomy between progressivism and traditionalism, attending both the needs of the individual child and the accumulation of knowledge.