Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction: Reshaping Education in the 1990s: Perspectives on Primary Schooling; Curriculum Issues; Age or Stage? Research Findings Relating to Assessment Frameworks; Assessment of Literacy and Numeracy Acquired Before School; Primary Science in the Mid-1990s: Grounds for Optimism; Working Together in Primary Schools: Changing Relationships at Key Stage 2; Profiles of Productive Schools: Processes of Organizational Self-Renewal; Cross-cultural Perspectives on Eating: A Hidden Curriculum for Food; Teacher Training
Summary
This study focuses on the National Curriculum and its impact on primary teaching and learning. Included is a look at international practices, a review of educational reform, and a debate upon professionalism and primary school teaching
