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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murphy, Patricia, 1952-

Open University.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Elementary--Curricula--Great Britain.

Education, Elementary.

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

English language.

Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Great Britain.

Science.

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Great Britain.

Mathematics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

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

Other Title:

Subject learning in the primary curriculum

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 1995.

Summary:

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.

The emphasis on subject knowledge in primary curricula is a world-wide phenomenon and has become increasingly the focus of attention in England, with the introduction of the National Curriculum and the appointment of subject co-ordinators in schools. Yet what exactly constitutes a subject and its practice remains controversial. The book is organised into five parts. Part one examines the general aims of primary education, in order to give a background for a more detailed exploration of UK curriculum development. Parts two, three and four examine the core subjects of English, science and mathematics, whilst constantly bearing in mind the full range of views about the purpose of education and the nature of knowledge. Part five introduces key debates about approaches to knowledge, and raises issues about the future organisation of the curriculum. Subject Learning in the Primary Curriculum is the OU reader for Module 832, Teaching and Learning in the Primary Core Curriculum in the MA in Education. The emphasis on subject knowledge in primary curricula is a world-wide phenomenon and has become increasingly the focus of attention in England, with the introduction of the National Curriculum and the appointment of subject co-ordinators in schools. Yet what exactly constitutes a subject and its practice remains controversial. The book is organised into five parts. Part one examines the general aims of primary education, in order to give a background for a more detailed exploration of UK curriculum development. Parts two, three and four examine the core subjects of English, science and mathematics, whilst constantly bearing in mind the full range of views about the purpose of education and the nature of knowledge. Part five introduces key debates about approaches to knowledge, and raises issues about the future organisation of the curriculum. Subject Learning in the Primary Curriculum is the OU reader for Module 832, Teaching and Learning in the Primary Core Curriculum in the MA in Education.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781134801602

1134801602