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Primary Education (1959)

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Notes on the text
Preliminary pages (i-xiii)
Foreword, Preface, Contents

Part 1 Historical
Chapter I (1-11)
Recent History of Primary Education

Part 2 The Primary Schools
Chapter II (15-26)
Introduction
Chapter III (27-36)
Nursery Schools and Classes
Chapter IV (37-55)
Infant schools
Chapter V (56-77)
Junior Schools
Chapter VI (78-105)
The Working of the School
Chapter VII (106-110)
Special Educational Treatment

Part 3 The Fields of Learning
Chapter VIII (113-116)
The Curriculum
Chapter IX (117-129)
Religion
Chapter X (130-134)
Physical Education
Chapter XI (135-178)
Language
Chapter XII (179-212)
Mathematics
Chapter XIII (213-246)
Art and Craft and Needlework
Chapter XIV (247-259)
Handwriting
Chapter XV (260-274)
Music
Chapter XVI (275-288)
History
Chapter XVII (289-313)
Geography and Natural History

Part 4 The Special Problems of Wales
Chapter XVIII (317-329)
Wales

Index (331-334)

Primary Education (1959)
Suggestions for the consideration of teachers and others concerned with the work of primary schools

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1959
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Index

(Principal references to a topic are printed in heavy type)

'Able' children63, 73, 151-2, 158, 163, 165, 174, 186, 245, 287, 303
'Activity' methods52
Agreed Syllabus118, 124
Apparatus (see also Materials)44, 133, 191, 199
Archaeology284
Arithmetic see Mathematics
Art66, 67, 213, 327
Audio-visual aids103
Backward children see Handicapped children
Beginning school28, 41
Behaviour17, 23, 31, 38, 43, 78, 87, 115
Bicycles101
Bilingualism317
Books
    infant school44, 49, 153, 156, 167
    history281
    junior school63, 74, 155, 169, 298
    nursery school29, 30, 167
Broadcasts, School101, 274, 279
Buildings8, 28, 40, 90, 229
Cennini, Cennino231
Child Guidance Service92
Classes, size of8, 42
Classification of children42, 68, 95, 318
Competition59, 75, 211
Concentration, child's power of20, 38, 72, 96
Consultative Committee's Reports4, 6
Control of class83, 86
Conversation, child's ability46, 55, 139, 142
Cooperation with parents28, 31, 42, 71, 76, 87, 91
Corporal punishment88
Corporate worship95, 117, 118, 274
Correction of work160, 209
Craft work55, 66, 213, 327
Curriculum113
Dance61, 133, 328
Design see Art and Craft
Development of child16, 24, 37, 54, 56, 63, 113, 115, 131
Dialect146
Differences in children14, 24, 39, 59, 65, 68, 77, 96, 221
Discipline31, 38, 78
Disobedience87
Drama133, 144, 150, 164, 174
Drawing (see also Art)113, 213, 230, 283
English (see also Language)61, 74, 113
    in Wales317, 322
Equipment see Materials
Examinations74, 99, 180, 197
Films and filmstrips103, 282
Foreign languages73, 115, 332

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Garden293, 294, 309
Geography61, 67, 113, 289, 324
'Gifted' children see 'Able' children
Hadow Report4, 6
Handbooks of Suggestions3, 9
Handicapped children70, 106
Handwriting (see also Writing and Written Work)159, 247
Headteacher69, 76, 86, 91, 92, 95, 99
Health32, 89
    education89
History61, 67, 113, 275, 325
    local284
Hopkins, Gerard Manley224
Imagination21, 38, 231
Infant school stage5, 15, 35, 37, 78, 114
    Art and Craft235
    Geography293
    Handwriting159, 250
    History279
    Language135, 140, 142, 149, 156, 159, 176
    Mathematics190
    Music264
    Natural History293
    Needlework240
    Religious Instruction114, 126
Institute of Christian Education121, 125
Intellectual growth17, 30, 39, 56
Junior school stage5, 7, 15, 54, 56, 78, 114
    Art and Craft236
    Geography295
    Handwriting254
    History279, 285
    Language144, 155, 161
    Mathematics196
    Music269
    Natural History295
    Needlework242
    Religious Instruction114, 126
Language (see also Reading, Speech and Writing)18, 24, 55, 61, 63, 66, 67, 73, 74, 135
    foreign73, 115
    in Wales317
    WeIsh317
Libraries156, 157
Livestock44, 51, 64, 293, 306, 308, 310
Local Studies74, 284, 295, 302, 324
Manual Ability19, 72, 235
Materials and equipment29, 43, 48, 84, 232, 241, 244, 267
Mathematics51, 55, 67, 74, 179, 229
    addition185, 202
    algebra207
    apparatus191, 199
    arithmetic73, 113, 179, 182
    division190, 203
    fractions204
    general laws206
    geometry200
    graphs208
    mechanics208, 307
    multiplication185, 198, 203
    notation201
    problems187, 200
    subtraction184, 202
    written work194
Meals33, 94
Memory38, 57
Milk33
Mime see Drama
Movement (see also Dance)268
Music61, 260, 327, 333

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Natural history (see also Nature Study)289, 304
Nature study61, 67, 114, 228
Needlework113, 238
Non-teaching staff28, 94
Number see Mathematics
Nursery classes (see also Nursery school)34
Nursery school stage5, 15, 27, 78, 114
    Art and Craft235
    Environment and contact with Nature293
    Language135, 140, 149, 176
    Music264
    Religious Instruction114, 126
Painting44, 66, 114, 230, 283
Parents, cooperation with28, 31, 42, 71, 76, 87, 91
Pattern making223, 233, 243
Peacham, Henry213
Pen, use of161, 256
Pets see Livestock
Physical activity and education55, 61, 113, 130, 328
Play21, 24
Poetry61, 170
Posture90
Pottery235
Pre-school years15, 136
Projects62
Promotion of children42, 54, 56, 68
Punishment88
Raine, Kathleen218
Read, Herbert142
Reading (see also Language)24, 37, 46, 50, 55, 64, 73, 113, 146, 148, 166, 252
Records, of children's progress61, 97
Records, children's own55, 161, 164, 291, 300
Religious Instruction95, 113, 117
    county schools118, 120
    rights of withdrawal (children)122
    right to contract out (teacher)122
    voluntary schools118, 121
'Reserved' Teachers121
Richardson, Marion216, 249
Rilke, Rainer Maria219
Road Safety101
Rural Schools26, 51
Schemes of work96, 127, 133, 301
Science61, 67, 113, 306
School Broadcasting Council102
School Health Service88, 90
Scripture see Religious Instruction
Secondary education - allocation to74, 99, 180, 197
Singing113, 146, 265, 270, 327
Size, of classes8, 40, 42
Size, of schools5
Sleep34
Social attitudes and relationships16, 23, 38, 43, 47, 54, 59, 64, 79, 88, 98, 115, 140
Special educational treatment106
Speech (see also Language)18, 37, 55, 61, 63, 114, 135, 136
    training146
Spelling160, 163
Spencer, Herbert214
Story30, 102, 166, 277, 297, 311, 322, 325
'Streaming'69
Student teachers93
Television (at home)103, 274
Tests97, 99, 155
Thompson, Flora238, 334

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'Three Rs'68, 113
Time, child's sense of20, 23, 57, 276
Timetables85, 95
    infant school47, 50
    junior school60
    nursery school31
Toilet33, 47, 90
Under-fives (see also Nursery School and Pre-school)
    admission to infant schools35
Visits30, 61, 290, 291, 294, 303, 310
Visual Aids103
Wales317
Walter de la Mare130, 172
Welsh Language317
Worship see Corporate Worship
Writing and written work (see also Handwriting)24, 49, 50, 55, 61, 73, 113, 148, 159, 194, 258

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