1st Edition

Transfer from the Primary Classroom 20 Years On

By Maurice Galton, Linda Hargreaves Copyright 2002
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

The ORACLE (Observation and Classroom Learning and Evaluation) and its follow-up study address the following questions: Has teaching in the primary school changed over the past twenty years? Has pupil performance improved or declined? Are the links between certain teacher approaches and pupil achievement still the same? Has the National Curriculum had any important consequences for the way in... Read more
1. Transfer and Transition 2. 'Getting Used to Each Other': Cross Phase Liaison and Induction 3. Moving Up to Big School: The First Few Days 4. Teaching in the Transfer Schools 5. The Consequences of Transfer for Pupils: Attitudes and Attainment 6. Patterns of Pupil Behaviour in The Transfer Schools 7. Transfer: A Future Agenda

Biography

Maurice Galton, Linda Hargreaves and Tony Pell are all in the Faculty of Education at Cambridge University. Chris Comber and Debbie Wall are at the University of Leicester. They are the authors of Inside the Primary Classroom: 20 Years On.

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