Pedagogical reduction:
Education involves mediating elements of the world. The forms of mediation are varied, so what characteristic features do forms of mediation share? Are pedagogical reductions the contents of school curricula represented in systematic forms for grasping a subject field? Are pedagogical reductions the spaces and places that are somehow circumscribed or fenced off to allow for a secure learning environment? Are pedagogical reductions the sequences of limited skills that someone often goes through on the way to becoming accomplished? Are reductions reductive or reductionistic? Are they necessary?
An initial publication from this project is: Lewin, D. (2019) Toward a Theory of Pedagogical Reduction: Selection, Simplification, and Generalization in an Age of Critical Education, Educational Theory, 68: 4-5