Reshaping Education In The 1990s: Perspectives On Primary Schooling

Rita Chawla-Duggan, Christopher J. Pole

Part 1 Curriculum: age or stage? Research findings relating to assessment frameworks, Assessment of literacy and numeracy acquired before school, Primary science in the mid-nineties - grounds for optimism, working together in primary schools - changing relationships at Key Stage 2, profiles of productive schools - processes of organizational self-renewal, cross-cultural perspectives on eating - a hidden curriculum for food, Part 2 Teacher training: the reform of primary teacher training - the views of parents, the realization of partnership in a primary articled teacher course, Part 3 Professionalism: teachers' professional perspectives - continuity and change; creating atmosphere and tone in primary classrooms, gender and school leadership - using case studies to challenge the frameworks.

This study focuses on the National Curriculum and its impact on primary teaching and learning. Included is a look at international practices, a review of educational reform, and a debate upon professionalism and primary school teaching.