Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; General Editor's Preface; Foreword; 1 Introduction: The End of a Golden Age?; Primary Education: 1974-80; 2 The Primary Curriculum: The End of Laissez-Faire?; Introduction; The Curriculum; The Curriculum in Primary Schools: Conclusion to 'A View of the Curriculum'; Curriculum Consistency; Curriculum Policy Making in Primary Schools; Should Science Be Taught in Primary Schools?; Teaching Young Children About the Past; New Directions in Nursery Education
The Primary Curriculum: A Proper Basis for PlanningTeacher Education and the Primary Curriculum; 3 Evaluation and Accountability: The End of Intuition?; Introduction; Who's Afraid of Evaluation?; Accountability, Progressive Education and School-based Evaluation; Matching; 4 Policy, Organization and Management: The End of Teacher Autonomy?; Introduction; The Primary Teacher as Servant of the State; The Politics of Primary Contraction; Organization Development and the Primary School; 5 Studying Primary Classrooms: The End of The Black Box?; Introduction
Multiple Realities and Their Reproduction in Infants' ClassroomsStrategies and Tactics in Junior School Classrooms; Progressive Education: A Reformulation From Close Observations of Children; 6 Postscript: The End of Primary Schooling?; Introduction; Changes in Western Society: Educational Implications; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
