| Description |
xi,169 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 11.Managing learning: an ecological perspective on childhood / Tilly Mortimore -- 12.Managing primary-secondary transfer: lessons learned? / Alan Howe |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: exploring the great divide / Alan Howe -- 2.The emotional impact of transfer: what can be learned from early years practice / Hilary Smith -- 3.Adolescent development: physical and biological changes / Val Richards -- 4.Adolescent development: intellectual and emotional changes / Val Richards -- 5.Adolescent development: personal and social changes / Val Richards -- 6.Smoothing the trajectory: primary-secondary transfer issues in science education / Kendra McMahon -- 7.Mathematics and transition / Marcus Witt -- 8.Children's reading choices: rethinking the curriculum / Stephen Miles -- 9.The Fundamental Movement Skills programme (Steps PD): physical development challenges and opportunities in the primary school context / Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan -- 10.Becoming a global citizen: cultural strategies for community cohesion at Key Stage 2-3 transition / June Bianchi -- |
| Summary |
The transition from primary to secondary school can often be a difficult time for children, and managing the transition smoothly has posed a problem for teachers at both upper primary and lower secondary level. At a time when 'childhood' recedes and 'adulthood' beckons, the inequalities between individual children can widen, and meeting the needs of all children is a challenge |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Classroom management.
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Education, Elementary -- Aims and objectives -- Great Britain.
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Education, Primary -- Aims and objectives -- Great Britain.
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Education, Secondary -- Aims and objectives -- Great Britain.
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Education, Primary.
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High school student orientation -- Great Britain.
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Education, Secondary.
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Motivation in education.
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Students, Transfer of -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Howe, Alan (Alan Robin)
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Richards, Val.
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| LC no. |
2010052664 |
| ISBN |
041557546X (hbk.) |
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0415575478 (paperback) |
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9780415575461 (hbk.) |
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9780415575478 (paperback) |
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