Product Description

The Citizenship curriculum has been drawn up with little regard for the views and experiences of primary school children. Yet children have clear and often strong views about many issues with which Citizenship/PSHE is concerned - about friendship, family and the politics of family life, about gender and sex, race and ethnicity, and about the environment. Hilary Claire's research with 8 to 11 year olds in inner city schools reveals a knowledge and sophisticated discourse that is often at variance with the official agenda regarding social education. It also demonstrates the level of debate that is possible with young children. This is a book for all those who work with primary age children, whether in schools or other agencies, and for the student teachers and their trainers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #506729 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 180 pages

Review
"... a valuable practical handbook for teachers, offering ways in which key issues and concepts can be introduced into the curriculum and suggesting appropriate learning resources to support them. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education"

About the Author
Hilary Claire is a historian and a teacher at the University of North London. Author of the acclaimed Reclaiming our Pasts, she brings to her new work her long commitment to equality and her academic and pedagogic experience.