Debates in primary education / edited by Virginia Bower.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bower, Virginia, editor.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Debates in subject teaching series

Debates in subject teaching

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Primary--Aims and objectives.

Education, Primary.

Primary school teachers--Training of.

Primary school teachers.

Primary school teachers--In-service training.

Employees--Training of.

Physical Description:

xvi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

"This powerful text encourages both pre-service and established teachers, as well as teacher educators, to engage with contemporary debates in primary education. Promoting a critical approach, the chapters explore a wide range of key themes including the importance of values in primary education and the imperative for a curriculum which embraces the whole range of available subjects. At the same time, the chapters are underpinned by a belief that children should be at the heart of all the decisions we make and that primary education should inspire a love of learning, for life. The book aims to support practitioners to make informed judgements and feel confident to argue their point of view with deeper theoretical knowledge and understanding, thus increasing teacher agency and confidence in responding to complex educational and social dilemmas such as literacy levels and rising mental health concerns. Chapters encompass both the macro aspects of primary education and more specialised debates on key topics such as reading, mathematics, languages, early years education and the use of technology. With annotated further reading and reflective questions, this key text is essential reading for all those wanting to develop a better understanding of the issues that shape their practice including student teachers at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, practising teachers engaged in continuing professional development and teacher educators"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The purpose of education: The purpose of primary education / Virginia Bower

2. Intimations of Utopia: Values, sustaining environments and the flourishing of children and teachers / Jonathan Barnes

3. Reconceptualising teacher identity / Paula Stone

4. Fundamental British Values: Are they fundamental? / Imran Mogra

5. What is effective pedagogy in the Reception Year? / Zoe Lewis

6. Exploring how early years settings might promote high-quality communication and language opportunities through community-based projects / Megan Stephenson

7. Teaching early reading: The phonics debate / Rebecca Austin

8. The arts as handmaiden / Hermione Ruck Keene

9. The place of foreign languages in the primary school / Louise Pagden

10. Promoting a bilingual approach in the primary classroom / Virginia Bower

11. Debates in primary science education / Leigh Hoath

12. Religious Education

what is it trying to do? / Alasdair Richardson

13. Geography and history

a sense of time and place / Tony Pickford

14. Using digital strategies for primary learning / Lee Hazeldine

15. The teaching and learning of primary mathematics / Gina Donaldson

16. Debates in the teaching of primary physical education / Julia Lawrence

17. Teachers as readers and writers / Teresa Cremin

18. Teaching poetry within an accountability culture / Andrew Lambirth

19. `The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few': Support for children with SEND in times of austerity / Andy Bloor

20. Leading the way / Catherine Carden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Debates in primary education

ISBN:

9780367548841

0367548844

9780367548865

0367548860

OCLC:

1153044729

Publisher Number:

99985894436