This is curriculum review guideline that was used by the author to review the Primary School Curriculum of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) in Bangladesh. This includes the procedures and formats those were employed and would serve as a guide to any other user. (Contains 2 figures.) [This report was prepared with the Institute of…

This book is based on the belief that deep subject knowledge of language and literature provides a foundation for effective teaching and learning. It provides a guide to the range of genres and characteristic features of English language fiction written for children. It is designed to help readers to develop their understanding of literature…

Discusses Great Britain's General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), its oral evaluation component, and its approach to language and literature. (MM)

The three most important factors limiting successful adoption of curriculum materials are identified: (1) teachers are not risk takers, (2) programs lack funding to be properly implemented, and (3) no provisions are made for "aftercare." Includes discussion and a table listing problems in curriculum development. (MD)

This second edition of "Learning in the Early Years 3-7" has been written to help early years practitioners understand and implement the U.K.'s new curriculum guidance document "The Foundation Stage". The author explains how to meet the requirements of the new Foundation Stage document and how these relate to the U.K.'s…

Citizenship education is now part of the United Kingdom's National Curriculum, and teachers across the country are working to make it a daily reality in schools. The purpose of this book is to show how education for active citizenship gives schools greater prominence as centers of social and civic renewal. Part 1 explores what citizenship…

Argues for increasing the use of nontraditional methodologies in the reading of Shakespeare's plays for secondary school students. Discusses the "myth of Shakespeare" and his plays as a cultural inheritance, an attitude that is implicitly encouraged by the British National Curriculum. Posits that children in the classroom should be in…

Examines the location and status of poetry writing within an assessment-driven curriculum. Argues for the development of an assessment model that could remove the mystique surrounding poetry and establish it on an equal footing with prose text types in the National Curriculum for English. (SG)

These materials aim to help teachers make explicit links between teaching in the Literacy Hour and in the rest of the curriculum. The materials map teaching objectives from England's National Literacy Strategy's (NLS) Framework for Teaching to various text types and lists NLS resources which can be used to support teaching and learning. Text types…

England's Department for Education and Skills (DfES) plans to require schools to set targets for students at their school to attain level 5+ in each of English and mathematics in the tests in 2003 and beyond. These targets will be in addition to those already set for achievement at level 4+. There are new national targets for Key Stage 2 in…

Evaluates "English for Ages 5 to 11," a document assessing English education for elementary students in Great Britain. Criticizes the document's conception of English, as well as its proposed attainment targets. (MM)

This leaflet explains the school curriculum in England. Topics addressed include: (1) Which subjects do pupils have to study? (2) How does the National Curriculum work? (3) How is each pupil's progress assessed? (4) Do pupils have to sit national tests and examinations? (5) How can parents find out how their children are doing? (6) What choices…

This handbook is designed to provide support for England's National Literacy Strategy's Literacy Coordinators leading and coordinating literacy across the school. The handbook is designed as a working document and will contain additional materials, LEA (local education authorities) guidance, and additional papers which Coordinators may choose to…

This list of year-by-year statements has been drawn together from England's National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching with a particular focus on writing. It sets out an illustrative set of targets for each year from Reception Year to Year 6 in different aspects of writing. The statements also take account of the stages set out in…

This list of year-by-year statements has been drawn together from England's National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching, with a particular focus on reading. The statements also take into account the stages set out in "Progression in Phonics" and the criteria for assessing reading in National Curriculum assessment at Years 2 and 6.…