Meg Maguire taught for many years in London schools, including a spell as a headteacher. She has a longstanding interest in the life and work of school-teachers, teacher education and with the challenges of inner-city schooling. Her publications include, Choice, Pathways and Transitions Post-16 (with Stephen Ball and Sheila Macrae, 2000) and The Urban Primary School (with Tim Wooldridge and Simon Pratt-Adams, 2006).
Series Editors Forward
acknowledgements
Preface
chapter 1: contextualising the urban
Chapter 2: Urban Primary Schools and Urban Children
chapter 3: teachers
Chapter 4: Headteachers
chapter 5: parents
Chapter 6: Supporting Diversity
chapter 7: social class
Chapter 8: Learning in the City
chapter 9: social justice
Chapter 10: A USA Perspective
chapter 11: understanding the urban primary school
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