Ann Lewis

Primary Special Needs and the National Curriculum (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition of Ann Lewis's widely acclaimed text has been substantially revised and updated to take into account the recent revisions to the National Curriculum and the guidance of the Code of Practice. It provides:
*an analysis of the issues and practicalities of implementing the National Curriculum at primary school level
*an exploration of the main trends concerning the education of children with learning difficulties
*guidelines on safeguarding a broad curriculum, assessing children's learning and helping all children gain access to the National Curriculum
Related issues such as the grouping of children, the role of the special needs coordinator, resources, record keeping and the legal position are also examined. These areas are explored in the light of classroom practice, evidence about the impact of the National Curriculum to date and wider research evidence and policy analysis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134800629
• Artikelnr.: 42684173

Autorenporträt

Ann Lewis is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Warwick and has taught in primary and special schools. She has been extensively involved in the development and evaluation of curricula for children with learning difficulties, and is widely known and respected for her work in this area. She has published many books and articles including Children's Understanding of Disability (Routledge 1995).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
Leaming difficulties
Potential strengths of the National Curriculum for children with learning difficulties
The importance of collective responsibility for children with learning difficulties
An integrated curriculum
2 Safeguarding a broad curriculum
Possible limitations to a broad curriculum for children with difficulties in learning
Responding to pressures of time
3 Planning for a broad curriculum
Frameworks for planning teaching
Curricular breadth: planning for various stages of learning and teaching
4 Identifying the point reached by the child
Assessment of 'actual' or 'Potential' leaming7
Observation
Child
adult conferences
5 Helping children to gain access to the National Curriculum: planning intermediate goals
Analysing the task and the teacher's role
Possible dangers in trying to sub
divide SOAs
Planning POSs for children within l,evel 1
Sub
dividing POSs within key stages 1 and 2
6 Helping children to gain access to the National Curriculum: changing interest levels, presentation and response modes
Focusing on topics which match the child's interest levels
Varying the presentation of activity
Varying children's modes of response
7 Grouping of children
Recommendations in NC documents concerning grouping of children for teaching
Implications for practice
A specific issue concerning grouping
8 Resources
Resources: people
Resources: materials
9 Record
keeping
The National Curriculum and records of learning
Records of learning /teaching maintained by the teacher
Records maintained by the child
10 SATs and children with learning difficulties
Summative assessment in the National Curriculum
Publication of reported assessments
Carrying out SA Ts with children with learning difficulties
11 Formal modifications and disapplications of the National Curriculum
Procedures for formally modifying or disapplying the National Curriculum
Parents' rights concerning formal disapplications and modifications
12 Conclusion: a glimpse ahead
References
Name index
Subject index.