1st Edition

Practitioner Research In The Primary School

Edited By Rosemary Webb Copyright 1990
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1990. Central to the vision of teachers researching their own practice was the belief that the improvement of teaching and learning in schools could best be achieved through the development of the critical and creative powers of individual teachers. The research studies in this book, which reflect and extend that vision, serve as accounts of the learning experiences of a group... Read more
Introduction, Rosemary Webb; Chapter 1 The Origins and Aspirations of Practitioner Research, Rosemary Webb; Chapter 2 Why do Pirates have Peg Legs?, Doreen Gregson; Chapter 3 Towards Reading?, Beatrice Reed; Chapter 4 Writing in the Infant Classroom, Linda Russell; Chapter 5 Information Gathering in Topic Work, Rosemary Webb; Chapter 6 Language Counts in the Teaching of Mathematics, Susan Wright; Chapter 7 A Process Approach to Science, Virginia Winter; Chapter 8 Culture and Behaviour:, Avrille McCann; Chapter 9 Towards a Policy of Equal Opportunities through Research, Jenny Vickers; Chapter 10 Procedural Rules in the Management of Pupils in the Primary School, Alastair Horbury; Chapter 11 The Processes and Purposes of Practitioner Research, Rosemary Webb;

Biography

Rosemary Webb University of Manchester.