Teaching and learning in the primary school / Edited by Andrew Pollard and Jill Bourne

Contents
1. Introduction: Teaching and learning in the 1990's
Pt. 1. Learners
1. How Children Learn ... and Fail
2. Towards a Sociology of Learning in Primary Schools
3. Wally's story
4. Bilingual by Rights
5. Sex Roles in the Formative Years
6. Learner Needs or Learner Rights?

Pt. 2. Teachers
7. The Teacher as a Person
8. Teacher Expertise
9. Teaching as a Professional Activity
10. Those who Understand: Knowledge growth in teaching
11. A First Try: Starting the day
12. Akemi
13. Teacher Expectations

Pt. 3. Classrooms
14. Life in Classrooms
15. Characteristics of Good Practice
16. The Rise and Fall of Primary Education
17. The 'Three Wise Men' and After
18. Teaching Strategies
19. An Approach to Personal and Social Education in the Primary School: Or how one school teacher tried to make sense of her job

Pt. 4. Curriculum
20. The Core Curriculum: An international perspective
22. The National Curriculum: Origins, context and implementation
22. Coherence and Manageability: Reflections on the National Curriculum and cross-curricular provision
24. The Evolution of the Topic
25. Preserving Integration within the National Curriculum in Primary Schools - Approaching a school development plan
25. Successful Topic Work
26. The Class teacher and the Curriculum
27. Teachers' Subject Knowledge
28. Assessment and the Improvement of Education
29. Target Setting with Young Children

Pt. 5. Schools
30. The Organisation of the Primary School
31. Key Factors for Effective Junior Schooling
32. The Culture of Collaboration
33. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
34. Involving the Whole Staff in Developing a Maths Curriculum
35. Primary - Secondary Transfer after the National Curriculum
36. Parents' Choice of School
37. Involving Parents
Includes bibliographical references and index