Primary Education at a Hinge of History

'...a lucid, accessible and provoking examination of the past and present place of primary education which inevitably raises many more questions for professionals and policy makers.' - Educational Review

• 1 Introduction: Primary Education—At a Hinge of History? Part 1 Primary Education: Towards a Recent History 2 The Plowden Report: Reappraised 3 Primary Education 1974–80 4 The ‘Primary School Revolution’ Demythologized—An Appraisal of the HMI Primary Survey 5 Primary Education 1980–87: An Analysis of Changes and Trends 6 Primary Education: Issues in the Early 1990s Part 2 The Primary Curriculum 7 Changes to the English Primary Curriculum: 1862–1988 8 The Place of Subjects in the Primary Curriculum: A National Perspective 9 The Implementation of the National Curriculum in Primary Schools 1988–93 10 The Implementation of the National Curriculum in Small Primary Schools 1989–97 11 The Primary Curriculum 1988–99 Part 3 Primary Pedagogy 12 Teaching Methods: Some Distinctions 13 ‘The Three Wise Men’s Report’: A Critical Appraisal 14 Whole Class Teaching: A Reappraisal 15 Teachers’ ‘Subject’ Knowledge: Some Distinctions and Requirements 16 Subject Expertise and Its Deployment Part 4 Primary Teacher Education 17 The National Curriculum for Primary ITT: A Key Stage 6 Core Curriculum? 18 Primary Teacher Education: High Status? High Standards?—A Personal Response to Recent Initiatives Part 5 End-piece 19 The ‘Professionalization’ of Primary Teaching Under New Labour