Product Description

This book introduces trainees and newly-qualified primary teachers to the teaching of history in primary schools, and covers key concepts, skills and knowledge for the history curriculum at Foundation Stage, KS1 and KS2. Contents include planning, teaching and learning strategies, assessment, reflection and evaluation, as well as a range of practical ideas for classroom activities and cross-curricular themes. Each chapter is underpinned by national and international research; also included are links to important themes such as citizenship, out-of-school learning, sustainability, diversity and inclusive practice. Throughout, content is related to new initiatives such as Every Child Matters and Excellence and Enjoyment.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16278 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 166 pages

Review
This is clear and well structured. Covers key aspects of history delivery. --Gillian Goddard, Edge Hill University

The structure, scope and format of this text will ensure that it provides an excellent core text for students. --Dr Paul Bracey, University of Northampton

About the Author
Pat Hoodless is Senior Lecturer in history and education at the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University. Her main research interests are in the teaching of time and chronology and the links between language and history in the primary school. She has written a number of papers in national and international journals on these issues, is the author of Time and Timelines in the Primary School (Historical Association, 1996) and editor of History and English in the primary school (Routledge, 1998). She has also edited Teaching Humanities in Primary Schools (Learning Matters, 2003), and has published a number of practical books on primary history for teachers with Scholastic Ltd, She has acted on a consultancy basis for the QCA, CBBC and for Mexicolore.