This study focuses on the National Curriculum and its impact on primary teaching and learning. Included is a look at international practices, a review of educational reform, and a debate upon professionalism and primary school teaching.
Author(s): Chawla-Duggan
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 216
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 8
List of Figures and Tables......Page 10
Introduction: Reshaping Education in the 1990s: Perspectives on Primary Schooling......Page 12
Curriculum Issues......Page 22
Age or Stage? Research Findings Relating to Assessment Frameworks......Page 24
Assessment of Literacy and Numeracy Acquired Before School......Page 36
Primary Science in the Mid-1990s: Grounds for Optimism......Page 44
Working Together in Primary Schools: Changing Relationships at Key Stage 2......Page 61
Profiles of Productive Schools: Processes of Organizational Self-Renewal......Page 76
Cross-cultural Perspectives on Eating: A Hidden Curriculum for Food......Page 100
Teacher Training......Page 116
The Reform of Primary Teacher Training: The Views of Parents......Page 118
The Realization of Partnership in a Primary Articled Teacher Course......Page 130
Professionalism......Page 146
Teachers' Professional Perspectives: Continuity and Change......Page 148
Creating Atmosphere and Tone in Primary Classrooms......Page 165
Gender and School Leadership: Using Case Studies to Challenge the Frameworks......Page 180
Notes on Contributors......Page 203
Index......Page 207
