A Broad and Balanced Curriculum in Primary Schools: Educating the whole child

by Susan Ogier (Editor)

Overview

How do we ensure that the curriculum truly is Broad and Balanced? This book provides both discussion of the current challenges and practical guidance and support on how to tackle them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529761047
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/30/2022
Series:	Exploring the Primary Curriculum
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.73(w) x 9.68(h) x (d)

About the Author

Susan Ogier is Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-Ordinator of Art and Design Education at University of Roehampton, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Understanding the context of children’s lives: Supporting holistic education - Susan Ogier and Tony Eaude
PART 1 Understanding the context of children’s lives
1. Resourcing the spirit of the child: Creativity in the contemporary classroom - Kate Thorpe
2. Creating a space for exploring self identity - Rachel Mason
3. Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development - Tony Eaude
4. Child mental health and the role of the arts - Susan Ogier
5. Philosophy and Learning to Think - Aimee Quickfall
6. Developing a supportive ethos for all learners - Carrie Winstanley
PART 2- Making Learning Meaningful: Teaching and assessing a broad and balanced curriculum
7. Learning to Enquire: The role of the humanities - Tony Eaude
8. Stranger Things in the classroom: Drawing inspiration from children’s visual culture - Robert Watts
9. Writing as an art form: an author’s perspective - Michael Rosen
10. Learning to thrive with nature - Tessa Willy, Richard Dunne and Emilie Martin
11. Balancing the equation - Pinky Jain
12. Connecting STEM with the Arts: because it makes sense - Susan Ogier and Nick Corston
13. Assessing the whole child - Maria Vinney
PART 3- The Reflective Teacher: Developing as a professional in the primary classroom
14. The teacher’s palette: Creative and holistic learning spaces - Genea Alexander and Julie Sutton
15. The personal in the professional - Teresa Cremin
16. Differing views of Professionalism: Implications for primary teachers - Tony Eaude
17. The creative teacher: Agency and empowerment - Kate Thorpe
18. Myth busting in the contemporary primary classroom - Robert Morgan
End piece: Looking back and looking ahead - Susan Ogier and Tony Eaude