In Fairness to Children: Working for Social Justice in the Primary School

by Griffiths,Morwenna

• ISBN13: 9781853463419
• ISBN10: 1853463418
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1995-09-01
• Publisher: David Fulton Pub

Summary

How can one best work for justice and empowerment in the ever-changing, real-life, messy world of primary school classrooms? Written by a full-time teacher and an action-researcher, this book points out opportunities to work for fairness for all children and teachers. The authors use case studies - drawn from city and rural, large and small schools, with ethnically mixed and predominantly white pupil populations - to focus on achievement, safety, harassment, curriculum content, trips and topics, management and home-school links. They emphasise that quality and equality - in the areas of race, class and gender - go together in primary school work.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
In Fairness to Children	p. 1
Changing Classrooms	p. 13
Increasing Trust in the Classroom	p. 36
Learning in Safety: Making School Safe	p. 61
Very Fair Work: Achievement in Schools	p. 78
Self-identity, Self-esteem and Achievement	p. 103
Changing Schools	p. 120
Curriculum Planning: Trips and Topics	p. 141
Getting Closer to Home: Improving Communication between Home and School	p. 157
Right Up Your Street: Developing Community Links	p. 172
A Framework for Change	p. 191
Notes	p. 203
References	p. 208
Index	p. 213
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