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Record Nr.

UNINA9911003661903321

Titolo

Subject learning in the primary curriculum : issues in English, science and mathematics / / edited by Patricia Murphy ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 1995

ISBN

9781134801602

1134801602

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 331p. ) : ill., facsims

Classificazione

EDU000000

Altri autori (Persone)

MurphyPatricia <1952->

Disciplina

372.190941

Soggetti

Education, Elementary - Curricula - Great Britain

English language - Study and teaching (Elementary) - Great Britain

Science - Study and teaching (Elementary) - Great Britain

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Elementary) - Great Britain

Education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published in association with the Open University.

"Supports students studying the course E832 ... a module of the Open University's taught MA in Education"--Page 4 of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Patricia Murphy -- ; pt. I. Curriculum influences -- ; 1. Introduction / Patricia Murphy -- ; 2. The aims of primary education in member states of the Council of Europe / Norman Thomas -- ; 3. Knowledge for the masses: world models and national curricula, 1920-1986 / Aaron Benavot, Yun-Kyung Cha, David H. Kamens, John Meyer and Suk-ying Wong -- ; 4. Education, Majorism and 'the curriculum of the dead' / Stephen J. Ball -- ; 5. The problem of good primary practice / Robin Alexander -- ; pt. II. English: literacy practices in the primary classroom -- ; 6. Introduction / Jill Bourne -- ; 7. The schooling of literacy / Joanna C. Street and Brian V. Street -- ; 8. What counts as reading in this class? Children's views / Eve Gregory -- ; 9. Disciplining English: the construction of a national subject / Jill Bourne and Deborah Cameron -- ; 10. Young children's writing: from spoken to written genre / Frances Christie -- ; 11. Planning for writing across the curriculum / Beverly Derewianka.



Sommario/riassunto

The various articles in this collection have been selected to critically examine aspects of subject learning in the primary curriculum, and the implications for teaching strategies within the primary classroom.