1st Edition

Topic Work in the Early Years Organising the Curriculum for Four to Eight Year Olds

By Joy Palmer, Deirdre Pettitt Copyright 1993
182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

For more than twenty years, topic work has been accepted as the natural way to teach young children in their first years of school. The introduction of a subject-based curriculum in England and Wales has led to intense questioning of that assured position. Teachers and others are wondering whether the topic approach can fulfil the requirements of the National Curriculum and whether in any case it... Read more
1.Introduction: Topic Work in the Early Years 2.Planning Organisation and Assessment of the Curriculum 3.History and Topic Work 4.Science and Topic Work 5.Mathematics and Topic Work 6.Geography and Topic Work 7.Cross-Curricular Issues and Topic Work 8.English and Topic Work Afterword

Biography

Joy Palmer

`A useful refernce book' - helen Reidy, Play Matters