Children, their World, their Education: Final Report and Recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review

by Alexander; Robin

• ISBN13: 9780415548717
• ISBN10: 0415548713
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-11-20
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

How do children live, think and learn during their early arid primary years?

Author Biography

Robin Alexander is Director of the Cambridge Primary Review. Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge UK, and Professor of Education Emeritus at the University of Warwick, UK.

Table of Contents

Figures and tables	p. vii
Contributors	p. viii
Abbreviations	p. ix
Preface	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Contexts	p. 11
The Review and other discourses	p. 13
Policies and legacies	p. 27
Children and childhood	p. 51
Childhood today	p. 53
Children's lives outside school	p. 63
Parenting, caring and educating	p. 73
Children's development and learning	p. 90
Children, diversity and equity	p. 110
Children with special needs	p. 126
Children's voices	p. 143
The experience of primary education	p. 157
Foundations; the early years	p. 159
What is primary education for?	p. 174
Curriculum past and present	p. 203
Towards a new curriculum	p. 237
Re-thinking pedagogy	p. 279
Assessment, learning and accountability	p. 311
Attainment, standards and quality	p. 328
Schools and communities	p. 343
The system of primary education	p. 365
Structures and transitions	p. 367
Schools, local authorities and other agencies	p. 382
Teachers: expertise, development, deployment	p. 406
Professional leadership and workforce reform	p. 437
Governance, funding and policy	p. 458
Conclusions and recommendations	p. 485
Conclusions and recommendations	p. 487
The Cambridge Primary Review; remit, process and personnel	p. 515
Perspectives, themes and questions	p. 522
Submissions	p. 527
Community and national soundings	p. 532
Other consultations, including sessions with government, opposition and non-departmental public bodies	p. 536
Searches of official data	p. 539
The research surveys and other interim reports	p. 541
References	p. 544
Index	p. 577
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