- 146 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Politics and the Primary Teacher
About this book
Why is primary education so high on the political agenda, and so contentious?
Why is the performance of primary schools so often in the media spotlight?
Why should primary teachers trouble themselves with the politics of their work?
Politics and the Primary Teacher is an accessible introduction to some of the thorniest aspects of a primary teacher's role. It aims to support your understanding of the constant changes in education policy, give you confidence to engage critically with current political debates, and consider how you might shape your response accordingly.
Including questions for reflection, and selected further reading and resources, it examines the complex interface between the work of a teacher and the world beyond the classroom walls. Key issues explored include:
- assessment, testing, league tables and national accountability measures
- the media's impact in shaping both local and national views about education
- political implications of new policies such as academies and free schools
- conditions of work in the classroom and 'workforce remodelling'
- the curriculum, its purposes and structure
- pedagogy and teaching methods
- education for citizenship, health and well-being.
Politics and the Primary Teacher is essential reading for all education professionals who want to think more deeply about primary education, what it offers, and how children, families and communities are served by the primary school.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Series Editor’s Preface
- 1. Introduction: exploring primary politics
- 2. The primary school as a political institution
- 3. Curriculum: the politics of subject knowledge
- 4. Curriculum: the politics of citizenship, health and well-being
- 5. Pedagogy: a political issue?
- 6. Workforce and politics
- 7. National accountability: audit and inspection
- 8. Local accountability: school, community and local democracy
- 9. Going forward
- Appendix: Politics and primary education – a recent history 1964–2011
- Bibliography
- Index