Authors: Patricia Murphy
ISBN-13: 9780415125376, ISBN-10: 0415125375
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: March 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The emphasis on subject knowledge in primary curricula is a world-wide phenomena; yet what exactly constitutes a subject and its practice remains controversial.
The articles in this collection have been selected to enable the reader to critically examine aspects of subject knowledge in the primary curriculum and relate these to views about learning and the implications which these views have upon teaching strategies. A wide range of perspectives is covered within the reader.
Subject Learning in the Primary Curriculum is organized into five parts. Part One examines the general aims of primary education in order to give background for a more detailed exploration of curriculum development. Parts Two, Three and Four examines the core subjects of English, science and math while bearing in mind the full range of views about the purpose of education and the nature of knowledge. Part Five introduces key debates about approaches to knowledge and raises issues about the future organization of the curriculum.
Introduction | ||
Pt. I | Curriculum influences | |
1 | Introduction | 3 |
2 | The aims of primary education in member states of the Council of Europe | 5 |
3 | Knowledge for the masses: world models and national curricula, 1920-1986 | 20 |
4 | Education, Majorism and 'the curriculum of the dead' | 35 |
5 | The problem of good primary practice | 50 |
Pt. II | English: literacy practices in the primary classroom | |
6 | Introduction | 73 |
7 | The schooling of literacy | 75 |
8 | What counts as reading in this class? Children's views | 89 |
9 | Disciplining English: the construction of a national subject | 102 |
10 | Young children's writing: from spoken to written genre | 114 |
11 | Planning for writing across the curriculum | 123 |
Pt. III | Science: views of the domain and learning | |
12 | Introduction | 141 |
13 | Constructivism and quality in science education | 144 |
14 | Young people's understanding of science concepts | 158 |
15 | Progression in investigative work in science | 184 |
16 | Learning about physics through peer interaction | 197 |
Pt. IV | Mathematics: teaching strategies, perspectives on numeracy | |
17 | Introduction | 207 |
18 | Scaffolding in mathematics, science and technology | 209 |
19 | A proposed framework for examining basic number sense | 218 |
20 | Learning through problem-solving: a constructivist approach to second grade mathematics | 232 |
21 | Telling and asking | 252 |
Pt. V | Approaches to knowledge in the future curriculum? | |
22 | Introduction | 271 |
23 | Expert knowledge and the processes of thinking | 274 |
24 | The thinking curriculum | 289 |
25 | Situated cognition and the culture of learning | 301 |
Notes on sources | 320 | |
Author index | 322 | |
Subject index | 325 |