This volume is based on three years of teaching experiments with a group of primary school students as they progressed from the 3rd to the 5th grade (ages 9 to 12). Whereas traditional pedagogical approaches focus on the nature of the subject matter being taught, Hedegaard assumes that any teaching program ought to incorporate childrenAes everyday concepts and motivations. She relates this Aedouble moveAe in teaching to situated learning and teaching and subsequently presents principles for putting the approach into practice. A second and more subtle aim of the experiments is to promote...