Education 3-13: 40 Years of Research on Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education
About this ebook
The chapters included have been chosen carefully to represent a wide range of key topics in research on primary education and the text is sub-divided into five sections, each of which has been edited by leading academics who specialise in the topic under scrutiny. The sections include:
• Learning and teaching, including the psychology and philosophy of primary education;
• Key challenges in primary education, including changes to the governance of schools, and educational management and leadership;
• The primary curriculum, including Maths, Science, IT and Technology Education;
• The primary curriculum, including English, Humanities and the Arts; and,
• Primary teachers’ work and professionalism.
Many of the contributions are written by seminal figures in academic research. The text will be especially relevant to students and researchers engaged the study of primary education as well as to practitioners, advisers and policy makers and will prove an invaluable resource for those wishing to gain an overview of research into primary education. It is recommended especially for those who wish to understand the development of primary education and the many twists and turns in theory, practice and policy that have influenced its development over the period of a generation. Those who read the text will come across the origins of many of the ideas that continue to influence primary teaching today as well as very recent research on where we are now in this important subject area.
About the author
Michael Bottery is Professor of Education at the University of Hull. He is a member of the Board of Education 3–13.
Mark Brundrett is Professor of Education Research at Liverpool John Moores University and Editor of Education 3–13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education.
Neil Burton is a university lecturer and currently Chair of the Association for the Study of Primary Education (ASPE), as well as a member of the Board of Education 3–13.
Diane Duncan is a consultant and writer on Education and former Principal Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire. She is Vice-Chair of the Association for the Study of Primary Education (ASPE) and a member of the Board of Education 3–13.
Peter Silcock is Professor of Education at the University of Hertfordshire. He is a former Chair of the Association for the Study of Primary Education (ASPE).
Rosemary Webb is Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Manchester. She is a former Chair of the Association for the Study of Primary Education (ASPE).
Wei Zhang is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Leicester and a member of the Board of Education 3–13.
