This book focuses on the issue of transfer from the primary to the secondary school, using data from the ORACLE study, (Observation and Classroom Learning and Evaluation).
First published in 1995, Crisis in the Primary Classroom redefines the crisis plaguing primary classrooms by challenging many of the educational and political orthodoxies of the nineties, and critically examining the necessity of the National Curriculum.
Originally published in 1989, this book reviews teaching methods and curriculum practice against the reality of classroom practice and educational objective and... Læs mere
Using case studies derived from the ORACLE II project, the authors examine the importance of collaboration in the development of higher mental functions and also the social and emotional advantages that can be derived from group work.