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Children and their curriculum : the perspectives of primary and elementary school children

Title
Children and their curriculum : the perspectives of primary and elementary school children / edited by Andrew Pollard, Dennis Thiessen, and Ann Filer.
Publication
London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Pollard, Andrew, 1949-
  • Thiessen, Dennis.
  • Filer, Ann.
Description
vii, 206 pages; 24 cm
Summary
The aim of this text is to encourage educators and researchers in recognizing pupil perspectives. Its central argument is that understanding some of the disparity between ""curriculum as intended"" and ""curriculum as experienced"" will increase the quality of school life and improve learning.
Subject
  • Education, Elementary > Curricula > Great Britain
  • Education, Primary > Curricula
  • Enseignement primaire > Programmes d'études > Grande-Bretagne
  • Education, Elementary > Curricula
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Curriculum
  • Grundschulkind
  • Basisonderwijs
  • Leerplannen
  • Schoolkinderen
  • Great Britain
  • pupil perspectives
  • curriculum
  • educational research
  • primary school children
  • elementary school children
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: New Challenges in Taking Children's Curricular Perspectives Seriously / Andrew Pollard, Dennis Thiessen and Ann Filer -- Pupils, Teachers and the Ownership of Curriculum Knowledge: Editors' Introduction. 1. The Relevance of Creative Teaching: Pupils' Views / Bob Jeffrey and Peter Woods. 2. The Tale of a Task: Learning Beyond the Map / Rod Parker-Rees -- Pupils' Lives and the Curriculum as Lived Experience: Editors' Introduction. 3. Shared and Negotiated Territories: The Socio-cultural Embeddedness of Children's Acts of Meaning / Mary Maguire. 4. 'At Least They Were Laughing': Assessment and the Functions of Children's Language in Their 'News' Session / Ann Filer -- Withdrawal, Resistance and Adaptation in Shaping the Experienced Curriculum: Editors' Introduction. 5. The Politics of Primaries: The Micropolitical Perspectives of 7-Year-Olds / Angela Spaulding.
ISBN
  • 0750705949
  • 9780750705943
LCCN
97111405
OCLC
  • ocm36379907
  • 36379907
  • SCSB-8903148
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library