1st Edition

Children and Schooling

By Phillip Gammage Copyright 1982
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

The book provides a synthesis of a broadly-based social-psychology of education and bridges the gap between theory and practice in education by emphasising the relationship between research and actuality. The author discusses the major issues in childhood socialisation relating to schooling, achievement and the curriculum, and in so doing makes a sensitive and well-argued case for the... Read more
Acknowledgements – Introduction – 1. Perspectives of Childhood: Historical Overview – 2. Schooling – 3. Psychology and Education – 4. Language, Communication and the Curriculum – 5. Socialisation and Achievement – 6. Constraints on the Curriculum – Social-Psychological Issues7. Self-Esteem and Social Learning.Appendix A: A Rough Linguistic/Cognitive Socialisation Chart Showing Changes in Conceptual Growth and Development. Appendix B: The CARALOC Pupil Questionnaire. Appendix C: Twenty Official Rules of the Schools in USSR. Index

Biography

Gammage, Phillip