Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Politics and the Primary Teacher (Routledge Primary Education Series)

Politics and the Primary Teacher (Routledge Primary Education Series)
Politics and the Primary Teacher - Routledge Primary Education Series
Author: Peter Cunningham
How does the media represent the role of the teacher, and how does that affect your work? How visible are problems of health and welfare in your own school’s population? How accurately does an inspection reflect the achievements of a primary school? How influential are the governors in your school, and how 'political' are they? Polit...  more » provides an objective overview of issues that have shaped the context in which primary school teachers work, how they have impacted on schools, classroom practice, and on teachers’ own development and experience. Highlighting key questions for consideration, it helps students on initial teacher education courses and teachers engaged in ongoing professional development, particularly at masters level, as well as those on education studies courses, understand how politics shape their professional life, and how they can effectively address issues that affect their practice. Key topics covered include:
  • The current emphasis on basic skills and standards of achievement for national economic performance, citizenship and responses to ethnic and cultural diversity
  • The role of primary education in dealing with obesity and guaranteeing child protection
  • Every Child Matters and inter-professional working
  • How the media shapes local and national views about education and how this impacts on relationships such as those with parents
  • The rationale behind, and effects of compulsory and non-compulsory assesment
  • The role and status of teaching assistants
  • The move towards the Masters degree for professional development.
Key questions, chapter introductions and summaries, school-based tasks and annotated further reading sections are designed to help students develop their understanding, encourage reflection and consider how their practice might be shaped accordingly
ISBN-13: 9780415549585
ISBN-10: 0415549582
Publication Date: 12/1/2010
Pages: 160
Rating:
  ?
0 stars, based on 0 rating
Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review



Back to the Top ↑
By using this Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms of Use. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
US Patent Number 7,877,315 | Copyright © 2004 - 2024 PaperBackSwap.com. All Rights Reserved.