Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; List of contributors; Introduction; Two decades of primary education; The classroom environment: a framework for learning; Teaching in today's primary classroom; Pupils and their teachers in the KS2 classroom; Establishing a working consensus: teaching styles and pupil types; Pupil performance in basic skills: 1976 and 1996; Why have standards fallen?; Primary education for the millennium; References; Index
Summary
This book presents the findings of the second round of research, replicating the original ORACLE study, and documents the changes - or lack of them - in primary education and teaching practice over the last twenty years
