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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817246803321

Titolo

The Cambridge Primary Review research surveys [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robin Alexander with Christine Doddington ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-283-54758-9

9786613860033

1-136-32871-8

0-203-12167-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (881 p.)

Classificazione

5,3

DF 2604

DK 3014

Altri autori (Persone)

AlexanderRobin J

DoddingtonChristine

Disciplina

372/.941

Soggetti

Education, Elementary - Great Britain - Evaluation

Education, Elementary - Great Britain

Great Britain

Grossbritannien

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: research, the Cambridge Primary Review and the quality of education; Part 1: Children's lives and voicesSchool, home and community; 2. Children and their primary schools: pupils' voices; 3. Children's lives outside school and their educational impact; 4. Parenting, caring and educating; 5. Primary schools and other agencies; Part 2: Children's development,learning, diversity and needs; 6.  Children's cognitive development and learning

7. Children's social development, peer interaction and classroom learning8. Children in primary education: demography, culture, diversity, inclusion; 9. Learning needs and difficulties among children of primary school age: definition, identification, provision and issues; Part 3: Aims, values and contextsfor primary education; 10. Aims for



primary education: the changing national context; 11. Aims for primary education: changing global contexts; 12. Aims as policy in English primary education; 13. Aims and values in primary education: England and other countries

Part 4: The structure and contentof primary education14. The structure of primary education: England and other countries; 15. Primary curriculum and assessment: England and other countries; 16. Primary curriculum futures; Part 5: Outcomes, standards andassessment in primary education; 17. Standards and quality in English primary schools over time: the national evidence; 18. Standards in English primary education: the international evidence; 19. The quality of learning: assessment alternatives for primary education; Part 6: Teaching in primary schoolsStructures and processes

20. Learning and teaching in primary schools: insights from TLRP21. Classes, groups and transitions: structures for learning and teaching; 22. Primary schools: the built environment; Part 7: Teaching in primary schoolsTraining, development andworkforce reform; 23. Primary schools: the professional environment; 24. Primary teachers: initial teacher education, continuing professional development and school leadership development; 25. Primary workforce management and reform; Part 8: Policy frameworksGovernance, funding, reform andquality assurance

26. The governance and administration of English primary education27. The funding of English primary education; 28. Quality assurance in English primary education; 29. The trajectory and impact of national reform: curriculum and assessment in English primary schools; Appendix 1. The Cambridge Primary Review: remit and process; Appendix 2. The Cambridge Primary Review: perspectives, themes and questions; Appendix 3. The Cambridge Primary Review: research surveys; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys is the outcome of the Cambridge Primary Review - England's biggest enquiry into primary education for over forty years. Fully independent of government, it was launched in 2006 to investigate the condition and future of primary education at a time of change and uncertainty and after two decades of almost uninterrupted reform. Ranging over ten broad themes and drawing on a vast array of evidence, the Review published thiry-one interim reports, including twenty-eight surveys of published research, provoking media headlines and public deba