Reshaping Education in the 1990s

by Chawla-Duggan,Rita

• ISBN13: 9780750705271
• ISBN10: 0750705272
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Highlights and examines factors in primary education curriculum development, teacher training and professionalism and educational change.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction Reshaping Education in the 1990s: Perspectives on Primary Schooling	p. 1
Curriculum Issues	p. 11
Age or Stage? Research Findings Relating to Assessment Frameworks	p. 13
Assessment of Literacy and Numeracy Acquired before School	p. 25
Primary Science in the Mid-1990s: Grounds for Optimism	p. 33
Working Together in Primary Schools: Changing Relationships at Key Stage 2	p. 50
Profiles of Productive Schools: Processes of Organizational Self-Renewal	p. 65
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Eating: a Hidden Curriculum for Food	p. 89
References	p. 102
Teacher Training	p. 105
The Reform of Primary Teacher Training: The Views of Parents	p. 107
References	p. 118
The Realization of Partnership in a Primary Articled Teacher Course	p. 119
Professionalism	p. 135
Teachers' Professional Perspectives: Continuity and Change	p. 137
Creating Atmosphere and Tone in Primary Classrooms	p. 154
References	p. 167
Gender and School Leadership: Using Case Studies to Challenge the Frameworks	p. 169
Note	p. 188
Notes on Contributors	p. 192
Index	p. 196
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