ABSTRACT

Leadership in Primary Schools: The Role of the Head (From DES (Welsh Office), 1985, Leadership in Primary Schools, HMI Occasional Paper)

The Managerial Work of Primary Headteachers (From Coulson, A.A., 1986, The Managerial Work of Primary School Headteachers, Sheffield Papers in Education Management, No. 48, Sheffield City Polytechnic)

Perceptions of Heads in Primary Schools (From Southworth, G.W., 1987, ‘Primary school headteachers and collegiality’, in Southworth, G.W. (Ed.) Readings in Primary School Management, Falmer Press)

Primary Heads and School Culture (From Nias, D.J., Southworth, G.W. and Yeomans, R., 1989, Staff Relationships in the Primary School: A Study of School Cultures, Cassell)

The Deputy Head (From Whitaker, P., 1983, The Primary Head, Heinemann)

The Role of the Deputy Head (From DES (Welsh Office), 1985, Leadership in Primary Schools, HMI Occasional Paper)

A Deputy Head Observed: Findings from an Ethnographic Study (From Nias, D.J., 1987, ‘One finger, one thumb: A case study of the deputy head’s part in the leadership of a nursery/infant school’, in Southworth, G.W. (Ed.) Readings in Primary School Management, Falmer Press)

Class Teaching, Specialist Teaching and the Role of the Post-Holder (From DES, 1978, Primary Education in England, HMSO)

The Duties of Teachers with Curricular Responsibilities (From DES, 1982, Mathematics Counts, HMSO)

The Role of the Curriculum Post-Holder (From Campbell, R., previously unpublished paper)

Curriculum Co-ordinators (From The Third Report of the Education, Science and Arts Committee of the House of Commons, 1986, Achievement in Primary Schools, HMSO)

Teachers and Teaching (From DES, 1985, Education Observed: Good Teachers, HMSO)

Moving Towards Partnership (From Sallis, J., 1988, Schools, Parents and Governors: A New Approach to Accountability, Routledge)

2 School Organization and Management

Introduction

Managing the School as an Organization (From ILEA, 1985, Improving Primary Schools, ILEA)

Characteristics of Good School Organization (From DES, 1987, Primary Schools: Some Aspects of Good Practice, HMSO)

Curriculum Management and Organization: The Collegiate Approach (From Wallace, M., 1988, ‘Towards a collegiate approach to curriculum management in primary and middle schools’, School Organization, 8, 1)

The Culture of Collaboration (From Nias, D.J., Southworth, G.W. and Yeomans, R., 1989, Staff Relationships in the Primary School: A Study of School Cultures, Cassell)

Teacher Isolation and School Organization and Culture in the Small Rural School (From Bell, A. and Sigsworth, A., 1987, The Small Rural Primary School, Falmer Press)

Inside Primary School Organization (From Pollard, A., 1985, The Social World of the Primary School, Holt, Rinehart and Winston)

Supply, Temporary and Part-Time Teachers: Partial Members of the School? (From Nias, D.J., 1989, Primary Teachers Talking, Routledge)

Classes: The Fundamental Unit of Organization (From The Third Report of the Education, Science and Arts Committee of the House of Commons, 1986, Achievement in Primary Schools, HMSO)

Vertical Grouping (From Lee, J., 1984, ‘Vertical grouping in the primary school’, School Organization, 4, 2)

Small Rural Schools and Peer Groups (From Bell, A. and Sigsworth, A., 1987, The Small Rural Primary School, Falmer Press)

The Ages at which Children Enter School (From The Third Report of the Education, Science and Arts Committee of the House of Commons, 1986, Achievement in Primary Schools, HMSO)

Local Education Authority Admission Policies and Practices (From Sharp, C., 1987, ‘Local education authority admission policies and practices’, in Four Year Olds in School: Policy and Practice, NFER/ SCDC)

Special Educational Needs in Infant Classes (From Lewis, A., 1986, ‘Meeting special educational needs in infant classes: A discussion of evidence from HMI reports on individual schools’, School Organization, 6, 2)

Meeting Individual Needs: Towards a Whole School Response (From Ainscow, M. and Muncy, J., 1989, Meeting Individual Needs, David Fulton)

Parents and Other Voluntary Helpers (From The Third Report of the Education, Science and Arts Committee of the House of Commons, 1986, Achievement in Primary Schools, HMSO)

Parents and Partnership (From Arkinstall, M., 1987, ‘Towards a partnership: The Taylor Report, school government and parental involvement’, in Lowe, R. (Ed.) The Changing Primary School, Falmer Press)

Parent-School Relationships (From Tizard, B., Blatchford, P., Burke, J., Farquhar, C. and Plewis, I., 1988, Young Children at School in the Inner City, Lawrence Erlbaum)

Schools, Governors and Parents (From Sallis, J., 1988, Schools, Parents and Governors: A New Approach to Accountability, Routledge)

3 Professional and School Development

Introduction

Staff Development (From Schools Council, 1983, Primary Practice, Methuen Educational)

Headship Development (From Coulson, A.A., 1988, ‘Headship development through personal and professional growth’, in Clarkson, M.W. (Ed.) Emerging Issues in Primary Education, Falmer Press)

Developing Collegiality Through Management Development (From Wallace, M., 1988, ‘Towards a collegiate approach to curriculum management in primary and middle schools’, School Organization, 8, 1)

Staff Relationships and Teacher Education (From Nias, D.J., Southworth, G.W. and Yeomans, R., 1989, Staff Relationships in the Primary School: A Study of School Cultures, Cassell)

Learning in Staffrooms (From Nias, D.J., 1989, Primary Teachers Talking, Routledge)

In-service Education for Teachers of Young Children (From Abbott, L., 1987, ‘In-service education for teachers of young children’, in Four Year Olds in School: Policy and Practice, NFER/ SCDC)

School Development Plans (From ILEA, 1985, Improving Primary Schools, ILEA)

Characteristics of School Development Plans (From Holly, P.J. and Southworth, G.W., The Developing School, Falmer Press)

Issues Arising from School Development Plans (From Campbell, P., 1987, report prepared for Suffolk Education Authority)

Self-Evaluation for School Development (From Rodger, I.A.S. and Richardson, J.A.S., 1985, Self-Evaluation for Primary Schools, Hodder and Stoughton)

Evaluation for the Developing Primary School: Learning from GRIDS (From Holly, P.J., 1987, ‘Evaluation for the developing primary school’, in Southworth, G.W. (Ed.) Readings in Primary School Management, Falmer Press)

Teacher Appraisal:Contexts and Elements (From Day, C., Whitaker, P. and Wren, D., 1987, Appraisal and Professional Development in Primary Schools, Open University Press)

Appraisal as Teacher Learning and Change (From Day, C., Whitaker, P. and Wren, D., 1987, Appraisal and Professional Development in Primary Schools, Open University Press)

Learning and Teacher Appraisal (From Dadds, M., 1987, ‘Learning and teacher appraisal: The heart of the matter’, in Southworth, G.W. (Ed.) Readings in Primary School Management, Falmer Press)

Effective Schools (From Mortimore, P., 1988, School Matters, Open Books)

Index

The Study of Primary Education-A Source Book: Contents of Volumes 1, 2 and 4