Changing Teaching and Learning in the Primary School

by Webb, Rosemary

• ISBN13: 9780335219506
• ISBN10: 0335219500
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

"With care, and in partnership with others, it may yet be possible to overcome contemporary dilemmas and to provide the high quality, rounded and fulfilling education for all to which so many aspire. This book helps considerably in understanding contemporary problems and challenges in primary education - it is important, timely and deserves to be widely read."Andrew Pollard, Institute of Education, LondonWhat is the impact of New Labour's education policies on primary schools?What are the main lessons to be learned from recent research on primary schools?What are the implications for the future of primary education?In this topical book, leading academics in primary education evaluate New Labour's Education policy. They draw on the findings of the latest research to discuss the impact of policies on primary school practice and on the views and experiences of primary school teachers and pupils. Current issues and initiatives are analysed to identify the extent to which policy is shaped by past events, trends and assumptions. The contributors consider the future of primary education, offer recommendations at school, LEA and national level, and make suggestions for future research.Changing Teaching and Learning in the Primary School emphasises the central importance of taking children's perspectives into account when making changes in policy and practice. By focusing predominantly on teaching and learning at Key Stage 2, the book addresses the imbalance between the range and depth of information offered on pre-school and infant education and that available on junior teaching.This is key reading for students on primary initial teacher training programmes, Education Studies students, primary school teachers and classroom assistants, as well as education researchers and school leaders.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	vii
Preface	xi
Andrew Pollard
Introduction	1	(114)
Rosemary Webb
1 Education Policy under New Labour	9	(9)
Graham Vulliamy and Rosemary Webb
2 National Policy on Primary Education: Inconsistency and Uncertainty over the Whole Curriculum	18	(15)
Jim Campbell
3 Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in a Performativity Culture	33	(14)
Rosemary Webb
4 From 'TA' to Assessment for Learning: The Impact of Assessment Policy on Teachers' Assessment Practice	47	(13)
Caroline Gipps, Bet McCallum, Eleanore Hargreaves and Alison Pickering
5 Pupils' Views of the School Experience	60	(11)
Cedric Culling ford
6 Learning to Love Learning? — What the Pupils Think	71	(10)
Yolande Muschamp and Kate Bullock
7 New Technologies and 'New Teaching': a Process of Evolution?	81	(11)
Gary Beauchamp
8 Pedagogy at Key Stage Two: Teaching through Pupil-Teacher Partnership	92	(11)
Peter Silcock and Mark Brundrett
9 Promoting Inclusive Education: from 'Expertism' to Sustainable Inclusive Practices	103	(12)
Elias Avramidis
10 Teaching Strategies for Pupils with SEN: Specialist or Inclusive Pedagogy?	115	(13)
Ruth Kershner and Lani Florian
11 Widening the Inclusion Agenda: Policy, Practice and Language Diversity in the Primary Curriculum	128	(11)
Jean Conteh
12 The Butterfly Effect: Teaching Assistants and Workforce Reform in Primary Schools	139	(10)
Hilary Burgess
13 What a Performance! The Impact of Performance Management and Threshold Assessment on the Work and Lives of Primary Teachers	149	(12)
Ian Menter, Pat Mahony and Ian Hextall
14 Leading and Managing Teaching and Learning	161	(12)
Linda Hammersley-Fletcher and Rosemary Webb
15 Primary Teacher Professionalism	173	(12)
Graham Vulliamy
References	185	(30)
Index	215