Primary/Elementary Education

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

_x000D_ Creative Learning to Meet Special Needs shows teachers how to use creativity in the curriculum to support the learning of pupils with special educational needs...

Creative Learning in the Primary School uses ethnographic research to consider the main features of creative teaching and learning within the context of contemporary policy reforms. In particular, the authors are interested in the clash between two oppositional discourses - creativity and performati..

Creative Learning in the Primary School uses ethnographic research to consider the main features of creative teaching and learning within the context of contemporary policy reforms. In particular, the authors are interested in the clash between two oppositional discourses - creativity and performati..

This book provides ideas and suggestions on how to interpret and develop the primary science curriculum in an interesting and challenging way...

This book focuses upon creativity and creative pedagogical practice across the world. It offers practice-led examples, analysis of artist and teacher collaborations and focused theorisations of assessing young people’s creative potential as well as cultural differences in the way in which we concept..

_x005F_x000D_ Cross-Curricular Teaching in the Primary School helps teachers plan a more imaginative, integrated curriculum by presenting in accessible language a rationale and framework for teaching across the subjects. This second edition has been fully updated in light of the new curriculum, and ..

Many controversies attend the topic of culture and teaching, including: is there such a thing as a common culture? What culture does the student bring, and what is the role of the teacher? This work seeks to facilitate an examination of the reader's beliefs and acquaint them with those of others...

Examines controversies about, and affecting, school practices. Focusing on two questions--what is important to today's school leaders? and what is interfering with schooling processes?--it includes chapters by a broad range of authors...

In this text Jardine, Clifford, and Friesen set forth their concept of curriculum as abundance and illustrate its pedagogical applications through specific examples of classroom practices; the work of specific children; and specific dilemmas, imag..

From the author of the hugely respected Foundations of Primary Teaching, this advanced textbook explores the essential elements of teaching and learning and the process of becoming a caring and competent teacher...

Enabling young children to conduct their own social research can have both social and educational benefits, helping them to influence local and national policies and practices on issues that affect or matter to them. This practical guide gives teachers –and others who work with children– a set of st..