The Primary Curriculum: Learning from International Perspectives
, by Hargreaves, Linda; Moyles, Janet R.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780203058022 | 020305802X
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- Copyright: 2/7/2002
This book is concerned with the relationships and tensions in education between children's needs and societies' demands, questions which primary teachers everywhere face on a daily basis, such as: * how does society's view of children and childhood affect teaching and learning? * how do the dictates of the education system, including a national curriculum, shape teaching practice? * how do the conventions of classroom practice fit with teachers' own beliefs and values? The first part of the book offers a basic framework for thinking about primary curricula from the perspectives raised by these questions, whilst the second part presents a range of international views on the primary curriculum from Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, Europe and the USA.