1st Edition

The Role of Subject Knowledge in the Early Years of Schooling

Edited By Carol Aubrey Copyright 1994
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1994, the aim of the authors was to provide a comprehensive introduction to recent advances in research which had been made in learning and teaching in the early years of schooling at the time. Emphasis is placed on how subject knowledge is constructed or acquired, and the organization of teaching to promote the learner’s active construction of meaning through the... Read more

Preface.  Glossary.  1. Overview of Advances un Understanding of Learning and Teaching of Subject Knowledge Carol Aubrey  2. Subject Knowledge: The Case for English Linda Thompson  3. Knowledge About Drama Peter Millward  4. Can Teachers Use and Make More Explicit their Knowledge of How Writing Works to Help Children Become Writers? Deirdre Pettitt  5. Construction of Mathematics in the Early Years Carol Aubrey  6. The Challenge of Science Rosemary Feasey  7. Teaching History in the Infant Classroom Deirdre Pettitt  8. A Sense of Place: Geography/Environmental Education in the Early Years Joy Palmer  9. ‘I Can’t Teach Music – So We Just Sing’ Coral Davies  10. Teachers’ Understanding of Children’s Drawing Jennifer Buckham  11. Physical Education as a Specialist Subject Pauline Wetton  12. Subject Knowledge in the Early Years: The Case of Religious Education David Day and Elizabeth Ashton  13. The Role of Subject Knowledge Carol Aubrey.  Notes on Contributors.  Index.

Biography

Carol Aubrey