Teaching for Understanding Across the Primary Curriculum

Edited by Dr. Lynn D. Newton

Publication date:

14 February 2002

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

248x168mm
7x10"

ISBN-13: 9781853595967

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

The book discusses the complex nature of understanding and what it means to teach for understanding. The processes and strategies that can support teaching for understanding are then exemplified in the context of different areas of the primary / elementary (4-11 years) school curriculum.

Editorial
Douglas P. Newton: Helping Children to Understand
Sue Beverton: Whatever Happened to Primary English Knowledge and Understanding?
Andrew Davis: Teaching for Understanding in Primary Mathematics
Lynn D. Newton: Teaching for Understanding in Primary Science
Anthony Blake: Developing Young Children’s Understanding: An Example from Earth Science
Steve Higgins: ICT and Teaching for Understanding
John Halocha: Teaching for Understanding in Primary Geography
Lynn D. Newton: Encouraging Historical Understanding in the Primary Classroom
Peter Millward and Anthony Parton: Expression in the Visual Arts
Eve English: Teaching for Understanding: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage
Notes on Contributors