1st Edition
Understanding Primary Education Developing Professional Attributes, Knowledge and Skills
Edited By Penelope Harnett
Copyright 2008
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Understanding Primary Education will help trainees and newly qualified teachers reflect on the professional decisions they need to make within their planning and classroom practice. The authors analyse key issues and policies within contemporary education through reference to research and pedagogical practice. They encourage readers to reflect on policy and practice and support them in... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Foundation Stage – How Far Can You Push It? 3. Strategies and Schemes of Work – Straightjacket or Stimulus for Creative Learning? 4. What Makes a Good Pedagogy for KS2? 5. Inclusive Communities? Are They Possible? 6. Current Assessment Practices. Driving or Supporting Practice? 7. What’s Happened to Curriculum Breadth and Balance and Does It Matter Anyway? 8. Multi-Literacies: How Do Children View and Communicate Their World? 9. Beyond the Classroom Walls: Teachers and Pupils Learning Together 10. Facing the Future: The Primary School Teacher in the 21st Century
Biography
Penelope Harnett
