Chapter 1 Personal and Social Development at the Crossroads / Martin Buck -- chapter 2 Personal and Social Development within the National Context: A Review of Recent and Current Initiatives / David Trainor -- chapter 3 'It's Not a Good Time for Children'--Assessment Issues within Personal and Social Development / Pauline Lyseight-jones -- chapter 4 Learning Outcomes for Personal and Social Development / Sally Inman -- chapter 5 Educating for Personal and Social Development: A Question of Discipline? / Roger Slee -- chapter 6 A Curriculum Framework for Personal and Social Development; A National Project -- chapter 7 Value Development in the Early Years; Approaches Through Story -- chapter 8 Conferencing: Structured Talk and PSD in the Secondary School / Helena Burke -- chapter 9 Conferencing in the Primary School: Possibilities and Issues / Pam Slade -- chapter 10 Researching Assessment Practice in PSE: A Secondary Case Study / Gill Pooley