ABSTRACT

First published in 1990. These books were compiled to help the professional development of primary school teachers, and represent wholly enlarged, updated and revised editions of the three primary source books.

chapter 1|74 pages

Primary Education: Historical Perspectives

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter |14 pages

The Evolution of the Primary School

chapter |4 pages

Primary Education: A New Vision

chapter |2 pages

A Report of Progress

chapter |5 pages

Progress Refuted: The Black Papers

chapter |4 pages

Public Debate and Official Response

chapter |2 pages

A Brief Professional Appraisal

chapter |3 pages

‘Demythologising’ Primary Education

chapter |7 pages

Achievement in Primary Schools

chapter |3 pages

Towards a National Curriculum

chapter |60 pages

2 Primary Education: Contrasting Views

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter A|16 pages

Liberal Romanticism

chapter |3 pages

Basic Assumptions

chapter |2 pages

Criteria of a Good Primary School

chapter |4 pages

Teaching Through the Arts

chapter B|11 pages

Educational Conservatism

chapter |1 pages

Black Paper Basics

chapter |3 pages

Our Schools: A Radical Policy

chapter C|12 pages

Liberal Pragmatism

chapter D|14 pages

Social Democracy

chapter |5 pages

Education for Life

chapter |4 pages

Educational Priority Areas

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter |5 pages

Socialization into School

chapter |4 pages

Language and Educability

chapter |4 pages

Primary Education and Social Control

chapter |6 pages

Making Sense of School

chapter |6 pages

Racism and Sexism

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter |4 pages

Psychological Traditions

chapter |6 pages

The Implications of Piaget’s Work

chapter |8 pages

Piaget and Education

chapter |4 pages

Piaget Revisited

chapter |6 pages

Vygotsky and Education

chapter |9 pages

Common Knowledge

chapter |5 pages

The Technology of Teaching

chapter |5 pages

Reception and Discovery Learning

chapter |6 pages

Meaningful Learning

chapter |7 pages

Freedom to Learn

chapter |4 pages

Self Concept and Motivation

chapter |5 pages

Meeting Special Educational Needs

chapter |5 pages

Learning Styles

chapter |6 pages

Children and Their Learning

chapter |6 pages

Identification and Imitation

chapter |4 pages

Learning and the Peer Group

chapter |4 pages

Problem Solving

chapter |2 pages

Real Problem Solving