ABSTRACT

Covering each of the core curriculum areas in turn, this is a reference on school subject teaching. The authors assess the development of teaching within each subject area since the 1944 Education Act up to the year 2000. Future challenges are also explored.

chapter 1|28 pages

Englishes and English

Schooling and the making of the school subject

chapter 4|25 pages

What should history be?

chapter 5|22 pages

Geography

Changes and challenges

chapter 6|23 pages

Modern languages

Searching for success

chapter 8|34 pages

Religious education

Soul-searching in an era of ‘supercomplexity'

chapter 9|25 pages

Art and design

Developments and dislocations

chapter 10|29 pages

Business and economics

The challenge of curriculum recognition