The Study of primary education : a source book, 2nd Edition, Vol. 1 (Study of Primary Education)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
General Introduction......Page 15
Compilers' Notes......Page 17
Acknowledgments......Page 18
Primary Education: Historical Perspectives......Page 22
Introduction......Page 23
Three Traditions in English Primary Education (From Blyth, W., 1965, English Primary Education, Vol. 2, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 26
The Evolution of the Primary School (From Galton, M., Simon, B. and Croll, P., 1980, Inside the Primary Classroom, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 30
A Proposal to Establish Primary and Post-Primary Education (From The Hadow Report, 1926, The Education of the Adolescent, HMSO)......Page 44
Primary Education: A New Vision (From The Hadow Report, 1931, Report of the Consultative Committee on the Primary School, HMSO)......Page 46
Infant Education: The Orthodox View Repeated (From The Hadow Report, 1933, Report of the Consultative Committee on Infant and Nursery Schools, HMSO)......Page 50
A Rationale for Infant and Junior Education (From Board of Education, 1937, Handbook of Suggestions for Teachers, HMSO)......Page 52
The Formal Establishment of Primary Education (From the Education Act, 1944)......Page 56
A Report of Progress (From Central Advisory Council for Education (England), 1967, Children and Their Primary Schools, HMSO)......Page 59
Progress Refuted: The Black Papers (From Cox, C. and Dyson, A. (Eds) 1969, Fight for Education, Critical Quarterly Society, and 1970, Black Paper Three, Critical Quarterly Society)......Page 61
The William Tyndale Affair: A Cause Celbre (From Gretton, J. and Jackson, M., 1976, William Tyndale: Collapse of a School or a System?, Allen and Unwin)......Page 66
Public Debate and Official Response (From DES, 1977, Education in Schools: A Consultative Document, HMSO)......Page 72
A Brief Professional Appraisal (From DES, 1978, Primary Education in England, HMSO)......Page 76
'Demythologising' Primary Education (From Richards, C., 1980, 'Demythologising primary education', Journal of Curriculum Studies, 12, 1)......Page 78
Achievement in Primary Schools (From the Third Report of the Education, Science and Arts Committee of the House of Commons, 1986, Achievement in Primary Schools, HMSO)......Page 81
Primary Education: Evaluation and Assessment (From Bolton, E.J., 1985, 'Assessment techniques and approaches: An overview', in Better Schools: Evaluation and Appraisal, HMSO)......Page 88
Towards a National Curriculum (From DES, 1987, The National Curriculum 5  16: A Consultation Document, HMSO)......Page 93
Primary Education: Contrasting Views......Page 96
Introduction......Page 97
Liberal Romanticism......Page 100
Informal Primary Education in Action: Teachers' Accounts (From Nias, D.J., 1988, in Blyth, A. (Ed.) Informal Primary Education Today: Essays and Studies, Falmer Press)......Page 104
Criteria of a Good Primary School (From Griffin-Beale, C. (Ed.) 1979, Christian Schiller;in His Own Words, Black)......Page 108
'A Recognisable Philosophy of Education' (From Central Advisory Council for Education (England), 1967, Children and Their Primary Schools, Vol. 1, HMSO)......Page 110
Teaching Through the Arts (From Marshall, S., 1963, An Experiment in Education, Cambridge University Press)......Page 112
Educational Conservatism......Page 116
Putting Primary Education Back on the Right Track (From Froome, S., 1974, 'Back on the right track', Education 3  13, 2, 1)......Page 118
Our Schools: A Radical Policy (From Sexton, S., 1987, Our Schools: A Radical Policy, Institute of Economic Affairs Education Unit)......Page 124
Liberal Pragmatism......Page 127
Topic Work: Where Are We Now? (From Conner, C., 1988, Topic work: Where are we now?', Cambridge Journal of Education Newsletter, 11)......Page 132
Social Democracy......Page 139
Education for Life (From Kitwood, T. and Macey, M., 1977, Mind That Child!, Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative)......Page 144
Educational Priority Areas (From Central Advisory Council for Education (England), 1967, Children and Their Primary Schools, HMSO)......Page 149
An Alternative Perspective......Page 153
Primary Education: Philosophical Perspectives......Page 156
Introduction......Page 157
Children's Needs (From Dearden, R., 1968, The Philosophy of Primary Education, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 160
Interests and Education (From Wilson, P., 1971, Interest and Discipline in Education, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 164
A Critique of Plowden's 'Recognisable Philosophy of Education' (From Peters, R.S. (Ed.) 1969, Perspectives on Plowden, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 168
Plowden's 'Facts' about Children: A 'Child-Centred' Critique (From Wilson, P., 1974, 'Plowden aims', Education 3  13, 2, 1)......Page 173
'Child-Centred' Education: A Critique (From Dearden, R., 1976, Problems in Primary Education, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 177
Principles Governing the Content of Education: A Critique of Progressivism (From Bantock, G., 1980, Dilemmas of the Curriculum, Martin Robertson)......Page 183
The Beginnings of a Reformulation of 'Progressive' Education (From Armstrong, M., 1977, 'The Informed Vision: A programme for educational reconstruction', Forum, 9, 3)......Page 187
Primary Teaching: What has Philosophy of Education to Offer? (From Bonnett, M. and Doddington, D., 1990, specially written for this volume)......Page 194
Primary Education: Sociological Perspectives......Page 202
Introduction......Page 203
The Five Basic Roles of the Primary School (From Blyth, W., 1965, English Primary Education, Vol. 1, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 206
Socialization into School (From Newsom, J., Newsom, E. and Barnes, P., 1977, Perspectives on School at Seven Years Old, Allen and Unwin)......Page 209
Social Class and Educational Opportunity (From Floud, J., Halsey, A. and Martin, F., 1956, Social Class and Educational Opportunity, Heinemann)......Page 214
Social Class Differences in Attainment and Ability at Seven (From Davie, R., Butler, N. and Goldstein, H., 1977, From Birth to Seven, Longman)......Page 218
Factors Affecting Children's Performance in Primary Schools (From Central Advisory Council for Education (England), 1967, Children and Their Primary Schools, Vol. 1, HMSO)......Page 227
Policy Informed by Research: Proposals for the Establishment of Educational Priority Areas (From Central Advisory Council for Education (England), 1967, Children and Their Primary Schools, Vol. 1, HMS......Page 232
Policies and Practice in Pursuit of Equality (From Halsey, A. (Ed.) 1972, Educational Priority, Volume 1: EPA Problems and Policies, HMSO)......Page 235
Language and Educability (From Bernstein, B., 1971, Class, Codes and Control, Volume 1: Theoretical Studies Towards a Sociology of Language, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 241
Continuity or Discontinuity between Home and School Experience of Language: A Critique of Bernstein's Views (From Edwards, A., 1976, Language in Culture and Class, Heinemann)......Page 245
The Sociological Study of Educational Knowledge (From Bernstein, B., 1975, Class, Codes and Control, Volume 3: Towards a Theory of Educational Transmissions, 2nd ed., Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 248
Visible and Invisible Pedagogies: An Introductory Overview (From Robinson, P., 1981, Perspectives on the Sociology of Education: An Introduction, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 254
Control, Accountability and William Tyndale (From Dale, R. et al. (Eds) 1981, Education and the State, Vol. 2, Falmer Press)......Page 258
Teachers and Their Pupils' Home Background (From Goodacre, E., 1968, Teachers and Their Pupils' Home Background, NFER)......Page 267
Primary Education and Social Control (From Sharp, R. and Green, A., 1975, Education and Social Control, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 272
Classroom Interactions and Pupils' Perceptions (From Nash, R., 1973, Classrooms Observed, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 276
The Nature of Infant Education: A Sociological Perspective (From King, R., 1978, All Things Bright and Beautiful?, Wiley)......Page 279
Making Sense of School (From Jackson, M., 1987, 'Making sense of school', in Pollard, A. (Ed.) Children and Their Primary Schools, Falmer Press)......Page 284
Racism and Sexism (From Davies, L., 1987, 'Racism and sexism', in Delamont, S. (Ed.) The Primary School Teacher, Falmer Press)......Page 290
Primary Education: Psychological Perspectives......Page 296
Introduction......Page 297
Psychological Traditions (From Claxton, G., 1984, Live and Learn: An Introduction to the Psychology of Growth and Change in Everyday Life, Harper and Row)......Page 300
The Implications of Piaget's Work (From Isaacs, N., 1961, The Growth of Understanding in the Young Child, Ward Lock)......Page 304
Piaget and Education (From Adibe, N., 1978, The many implications of Piaget's work for education', New Era, 59, 3)......Page 310
Piaget Revisited (From Tamburrini, J., 1982, 'New directions in nursery school education', in Richards, C. (Ed.) New Directions in Primary Education, Falmer Press)......Page 318
The Myth of Piaget's Contribution to Education (From Boyle, D., 1983, in Modgil, S. and Modgil, C. (Eds) Jean Piaget: An Interdisciplinary Critique, Routledge and Kegan Paul)......Page 322
Comprehending the Task: A Re-Examination of Piaget (From Donaldson, M., 1978, Children's Minds, Fontana)......Page 327
An Outline of the Contribution of Jerome Bruner (From Conner, C., 1989, specially written for this volume)......Page 333
Vygotsky and Education (From Britton, J., 1987, 'Vygotsky's contribution to pedagogical theory', English in Education, 21, 3)......Page 338
Common Knowledge (From Edwards, D. and Mercer, N., 1987, Common Knowledge, Methuen)......Page 344
The Technology of Teaching (From Skinner, B.F., 1968, The Technology of Teaching, Appleton-Century-Crofts)......Page 353
Behaviour Modification: Theory and Practice (From Presland, J., 1978, 'Behaviour modification: Theory and practice', Education 3  13, 6, 1)......Page 358
Reception and Discovery Learning (From Ausubel, D. et al., 1978, Educational Psychology: A Cognitive View, 2nd ed., Holt, Rinehart and Winston)......Page 362
Meaningful Learning (From McClelland, G., 1983, 'Ausubel's theory of meaningful learning and its implications for primary science', in Richards, C. and Holford, D. (Eds) The Teaching of Primary Sci......Page 367
Freedom to Learn (From Patterson, C.H., 1977, Foundations for a Theory of Instruction and Educational Psychology, Harper and Row)......Page 373
Self Concept and Motivation (From Yamamoto, K., 1972, The Child and his Image, Houghton Mifflin)......Page 380
Meeting Special Educational Needs (From Ainscow, M., 1987, The primary curriculum and special needs'. A paper presented to the conference of the National Council for Special Education, April)......Page 384
Learning Styles (From Conner, C., 1988, 'Learning styles and classroom practice', in Conner, C. (Ed.) Topic and Thematic Work in the Primary and Middle Years, Cambridge Institute of Education)......Page 389
Children and Their Learning (From Fraser, A., 1987, 'A child structured learning context', in Dadds, M. (Ed.) 'Of Primary Concern', Cambridge Journal of Education, 17, 3)......Page 394
Identification and Imitation (From Schaffer, H., 1968, 'Identification', in Lunzer, E. and Morris, J. (Eds) Development in Human Learning, Granada Publishing Ltd.)......Page 400
Learning and the Peer Group (From Rubin, Z., 1980, Children's Friendships, Fontana)......Page 406
Problem Solving (From Fisher, R. (Ed.) 1987, Problem Solving in Primary Schools, Blackwell)......Page 410
Real Problem Solving (From Easen, P.R., 1987, 'Developing real problem solving in the primary classroom', in Fisher, R. (Ed.) Problem Solving in Primary Schools, Blackwell)......Page 414
Matching Tasks to Children's Attainment (From Desforges, C., 1985, 'Matching tasks to children's attainment', in Desforges, C. and Bennett, N., 'Recent advances in classroom research', British J......Page 416
Does Educational Psychology Contribute to the Solution of Educational Problems? (From Jacobsen, B., 1985, 'Does educational psychology contribute to the solution of educational problems?', in Claxto......Page 425
Index......Page 430
The Study of Primary Education;A Source Book: Contents of Volumes 2, 3 and 4......Page 438