Teaching in the Primary School

Introduction: teaching - a learning relationship 1 Just for fun? The child as active learner and meaning maker 2 Children's development 3-7: the learning relationship in the early years 3 Cognitive development 7-11: the learning relationship in the junior years 4 Children with special educational needs: supporting the learning relationship 5 Keeping track: observing, assessing and recording in the learning relationship 6 Primary culture and classroom teaching: the learning relationship in context 7 Look back and wonder: the reflective practitioner and the learning relationship 8 Classroom talk: communicating within the learning relationship 9 Managing primary schools: facilitating the learning relationship 10 Back to the future: the learning relationship in initial teacher training