Primary Education at a Hinge of History (Primary Directions Series)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Series Editors' Preface......Page 9
Introduction: Primary Education;At a Hinge of History?......Page 10
Primary Education: Towards a Recent History......Page 14
The Plowden Report: Reappraised......Page 16
Primary Education 1974  80......Page 20
The 'Primary School Revolution' Demythologized;An Appraisal of the HMI Primary Survey......Page 35
Primary Education 1980  87: An Analysis of Changes and Trends......Page 38
Primary Education: Issues in the Early 1990s......Page 55
The Primary Curriculum......Page 60
Changes to the English Primary Curriculum: 1862  1988......Page 62
The Place of Subjects in the Primary Curriculum: A National Perspective......Page 76
The Implementation of the National Curriculum in Primary Schools 1988  93......Page 83
The Implementation of the National Curriculum in Small Primary Schools 1989  97......Page 90
The Primary Curriculum 1988  99......Page 101
Primary Pedagogy......Page 108
Teaching Methods: Some Distinctions......Page 110
'The Three Wise Men's Report': A Critical Appraisal......Page 114
Whole Class Teaching: A Reappraisal......Page 118
Teachers' 'Subject' Knowledge: Some Distinctions and Requirements......Page 124
Subject Expertise and Its Deployment......Page 127
Primary Teacher Education......Page 134
The National Curriculum for Primary ITT: A Key Stage 6 Core Curriculum?......Page 136
Primary Teacher Education: High Status? High Standards?;A Personal Response to Recent Initiatives......Page 141
End-piece......Page 150
The 'Professionalization' of Primary Teaching Under New Labour......Page 152
Author Index......Page 154
Subject Index......Page 156