| Description |
xiii, 222 pages ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 23.Mentor support for music and performance / Ruth Wright -- 24.Analysing and presenting information / Min Wilkie -- 25.Discussing friction / Anna Traianou -- 26.Understanding evaporation and condensation / Georgina Harcourt-Brown -- 27.Knowing children's literature / Olivia O'Sullivan -- 28.Children's online writing / Kimberly Safford -- 29.Creativity and language development / Brita Little -- 30.Who should ask the questions? Developing critical thinking / Adam Hickman |
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Contents note continued: pt. 3 Contexts for small-scale research: understanding diversity, inclusion and barriers to learning -- 12.The distinctive contribution of additional staff / Gale Macleod -- 13.Breakfast clubs and school lunches: their impact on children / The School Food Trust -- 14.What languages do you speak? Linguistic journeys in school / Raymonde Sneddon -- 15.Achieving successful home-school links with refugees / Jill Rutter -- 16.Support for children with physical disabilities / Rannveig Traustadottir -- 17.Including children with disabilities in the playground / Jane Ginsborg -- 18.The inclusion of children with attention difficulties / Neil Humphrey -- 19.Using objects and touch cues to communicate / Ros How -- 20.Individual management plans in inclusive classrooms / Simon Knight -- pt. 4 Contexts for small-scale research: children, adults and the primary curriculum -- 21.Collaborative choreography / Sue Cottam -- 22.Singing together / Gitika Partington -- |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Contexts for small-scale research: learning lives and professional roles -- 1.Approaches to small-scale enquiry and research in primary schools / Roger Hancock -- 2.Workforce remodelling: the view from the school / Michelle Lowe -- 3.Children's views of teaching assistants / Sara Meadows -- 4.Adult learning lives and biographies / Gert Biesta -- pt. 2 Contexts for small-scale research: understanding children's experiences and learning environments -- 5.Knowledge exchange activities for home-school communication / Pamela Greenhough -- 6.Children in transition from play to ̀work' / Caroline Sharp -- 7.Children's experiences of domestic violence / Sadhbh Whelan -- 8.Walking and cycling to school / Joanna Inchley -- 9.Gender roles in children's television commercials / Barbara Mitra -- 10.Children's views on physical activity and healthy eating / Viren Swami -- 11.Children representing themselves through photographs / Philip Dunham -- |
| Summary |
Education |
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Small-scale Research in Primary Schools provides guidance and inspiration for students and practitioners undertaking practical investigations and workplace enquiry in the primary school. The 30 chapters are carefully selected to illustrate a range of approaches to educational enquiry, and are particularly relevant to the range of practitioners who may carry out school-based research as part of a course of study: teachers, trainee- and newly-qualified teachers, teaching assistants, learning mentors and staff who support children with individual needs |
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Social sciences |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Child development -- Research.
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Education, Primary -- Research.
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| Author |
Hancock, Roger.
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Safford, Kimberly.
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Stacey, Mary, 1943-
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| LC no. |
2010004124 |
| ISBN |
9780415585590 (hardback) |
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9780415585606 (paperback) |
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