Edited by Andrew Pollard, Dennis Thiessen and Ann Filer

• Curriculum Knowledge: Editors’ Introduction 1 The Relevance of Creative Teaching: Pupils’ Views 2 The Tale of a Task: Learning Beyond the Map 3 Shared and Negotiated Territories: The Socio-cultural Embeddedness of Children’s Acts of Meaning 4 ‘At Least They Were Laughing’: Assessment and the Functions of Children’s Language in Their ‘News’ Session 5 The Politics of Primaries: The Micropolitical Perspectives of 7-Year-Olds 6 Experience through the Eyes of Quiet Bird: Reconnecting Personal Life and School Life 7 Observing Children on a School Playground: The Pedagogics of Child-watching 8 In Search of Authenticity: Researching Young Children’s Perspectives 9 Knowing about, Acting on Behalf of, and Working with Primary Pupils’ Perspectives: Three Levels of Engagement with Research

Edited by Andrew Pollard, Dennis Thiessen and Ann Filer

• Curriculum Knowledge: Editors’ Introduction 1 The Relevance of Creative Teaching: Pupils’ Views 2 The Tale of a Task: Learning Beyond the Map 3 Shared and Negotiated Territories: The Socio-cultural Embeddedness of Children’s Acts of Meaning 4 ‘At Least They Were Laughing’: Assessment and the Functions of Children’s Language in Their ‘News’ Session 5 The Politics of Primaries: The Micropolitical Perspectives of 7-Year-Olds 6 Experience through the Eyes of Quiet Bird: Reconnecting Personal Life and School Life 7 Observing Children on a School Playground: The Pedagogics of Child-watching 8 In Search of Authenticity: Researching Young Children’s Perspectives 9 Knowing about, Acting on Behalf of, and Working with Primary Pupils’ Perspectives: Three Levels of Engagement with Research

Edited by Andrew Pollard, Dennis Thiessen and Ann Filer

• Curriculum Knowledge: Editors’ Introduction 1 The Relevance of Creative Teaching: Pupils’ Views 2 The Tale of a Task: Learning Beyond the Map 3 Shared and Negotiated Territories: The Socio-cultural Embeddedness of Children’s Acts of Meaning 4 ‘At Least They Were Laughing’: Assessment and the Functions of Children’s Language in Their ‘News’ Session 5 The Politics of Primaries: The Micropolitical Perspectives of 7-Year-Olds 6 Experience through the Eyes of Quiet Bird: Reconnecting Personal Life and School Life 7 Observing Children on a School Playground: The Pedagogics of Child-watching 8 In Search of Authenticity: Researching Young Children’s Perspectives 9 Knowing about, Acting on Behalf of, and Working with Primary Pupils’ Perspectives: Three Levels of Engagement with Research