HMI Primary Survey (1978)
Notes on the text
Preliminary pages Contents, Foreword
Chapter 1 The national survey
Chapter 2 The schools and the teachers
Chapter 3 The classes: organisation and arrangements affecting children's work
Chapter 4 The curriculum: planning and continuity
Chapter 5 The content of the curriculum
Chapter 6 The curriculum: scope and standards of work
Chapter 7 Associations between characteristics of the schools and classes and aspects of the children's work
Chapter 8 The main findings, issues and recommendations
Annex B HMI schedules
Index
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Primary education in England
A survey by HM Inspectors of Schools (1978)
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1978
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Index
[pages 220 - 224]
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Major references are set in bold type
A
abilities
cognitive: 5.10-5.13, 5.67
social: 5.6-5.9
accommodation: 2.1, 2.17, 8.14-8.15
adults helping in school: 3.15-3.16, 5.23, 7.6
advisory services: 8.55, 8.68
aesthetic education: 5.85-5.104
agreed syllabus: 4.6. 5.116
art
general: 3.8, 5.13, 5.86-5.95, 8.15, 8.29
match assessments: 6.18
responsibility for: 4.4
assembly: 5.101, 5.120-5.121
assessments
match: 6.13-6.21, 7.2, 7.13, 7.20, 7.25, 7.33, 7.34, 7.36
by teachers: 8.58-8.59, 8.61
assignments
individual: 3.7, 5.52, 5.127, 7.24, 8.22, 8.32
cards: 5.45, 5.74, 7.24
atlases: 5.133, 5.136
attainments: 6.22-6.32
attitudes, skills and: 5.1-5.16
B
basic skills (gen): 6.1, 8.16-8.23, 8.28, 8.32
Bible: 5.119
biology: 5.79
birthrate, fall in: 8.8
blackboard, use of: 5.33, 5.54, 7.31
books
graded readers: 3.7, 5.26, 5.27, 5.47, 6.5
information: 5.28, 6.5
for pleasure: 5.28
fiction: 5.28, 6.5
non-fiction: 5.28, 6.5
reference: 5.47, 5.74, 5.126, 5.127, 5.133
supplementary readers: 5.26, 5.27
text: 3.7, 5.45, 5.53, 5.54, 5.74, 5.126, 5.133, 7.24
British Amateur Gymnastics Association
awards: 5.111
buildings: 8.12-8.15
Bullock Report: 5.2, 5.20, 5.33, 5.35, 5.49
Burnham Committee: 2.13
C
calculating: 5.1, 5.55, 5.58, 6.7
children (see also pupils)
admissions: 3.2, 7.21
individual: 6.10
with learning difficulties: 3.4
with ESL: 2.21, 8.37, 8.39
needs: 8.33
class
selection of: 1.3
size: 7.10 7.17-7.18, 8.4, 8.50
classes
age range: 7.19-7.21
grouping within: 3.6, 3.8, 7.23
characteristics of: 8.4
mixed ability: 3.5
mixed aged: 3.2, 7.19, 8.10, 8.51, 8.52
sample: 1.5
streamed: 3.3, 7.22
vertically grouped: 3.5, 3.9, 7.19, 7.21
classrooms
mobile: 2.17
separate (see also space): 2.1, 2.17, 8.14
classifying: 5.12, 5.13
collections: 5.72, 5.124
computation (see also calculating): 5.15
computer: 1.9
consultation
with head: 4.5, 8.46
between schools: 4.11
continuity
between schools: 4.9-4.11, 8.31
craft: 3.8, 5.13, 5.14, 5.86-5.95, 8.15, 8.26, 8.29
responsibility posts for: 4.4
curriculum
general: 8.16-8.39
priorities: 8.30
range of: 6.1, 6.2, 8.28-8.31
scope of: 6.1-6.9
sex discrimination: 3.8, 5.95, 5.105, 8.29
D
dance: 7.9
didactic approach: 3.19, 3.20, 7.25, 7.27
discriminating: 5.12
discussion
pupils: 5.21, 5.23,5.54
display
of work: 2.20, 5.88
of objects: 5.71, 5.86, 5.87
drama: 5.2, 5.25, 5.121, 8.15
drawing: 5.14, 5.87, 5.92, 5.93
E
Education Act 1944: 5.116
educational progress: 8.29
English, language - see language
special needs: 2.21-2.25, 8.36, 8.37
environment
learning: 2.20
school: 5.40, 5.115, 5.129, 5.131, 7.8
equipment - see resources
experiences, use of children's: 5.39
exploratory approach 3.19, 3.20, 3.22, 7.25
F
faiths (other than Christian): 5.118, 5.122
falling rolls: 8.8-8.11
French: 5.102, 8.40
G
games: 5.109, 5.112, 6.5
responsibility for: 4.3, 4.4
generalising: 5.13
geography:
general: 5.14, 5.22, 5.63, 5.93, 5.118, 5.129-5.136, 6.6, 8.24, 8.26, 8.29
match assessments: 6.19
globes: 5.133, 5.136
groups
ability: 3.6, 5.54, 5.65, 8.32
match assessment of: 6.13-6.21
mixed ability: 3.8
mixed age: 3.1, 3.2
selection of: 1.3, 6.10
use of: 5.7, 8.22,8.32
withdrawal: 7.4
gymnastics: 5.106, 5.110, 5.111, 6.5, 7.9
H
hall: 7.9, 8.15
handwriting: 5.34, 6.5
head teachers statements: 5.6, 5.19, 5.51, 5.67, 5.86, 5.96, 5.117
history
general: 5.14, 5.22, 5.93, 5.118, 5.123-5.128, 8.24, 8.26, 8.29
match assessments: 6.19
HMI: 1.7, 1.8
I
inspection: 1.7
L
language: 3.9, 5.2, 5.17-5.49, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9
centres: 2.25
comprehension: 5.21
discussion: 5.21, 5.23
kits: 5.45
listening skills: 5.19, 5.20-5.21, 6.5
match assessments: 6.14, 6.16, 6.20
responsibility for: 4.3
spoken: 5.19, 5.20-5.25, 5.29, 5.48, 6.2, 6.5, 6.16, 7.8
written: 5.14, 5.19, 5.29, 5.31-5.38, 6.2, 6.5, 6.16, 7.10
learning, aspects of: 5.2-5.16
learning difficulties: 3.4, 8.39
library, libraries: 2.16, 5.44, 7.30
literature, use of: 6.2
living things: 5.70, 5.72, 5.77, 8.24
local authorities: 7.5, 8.9, 8.54
M
maps, use of: 5.14, 5.131, 5.136
match assessments: 5.17, 6.13-6.21, 7.2, 7.13, 7.20, 7.25, 7.33, 7.34, 7.36, 8.28, 8.33, 8.35
match, definition of: 6.12
mathematics: 3.6, 5.50-5.65, 5.93, 6.8, 6.9, 6.22, 8.21, 8.29
attainments in: 6.22-6.32
basic skills of: 5.51. 6.5, 7.31, 8.16
arithmetic: 5.50, 8.22
calculations: 5.55, 5.58, 6.7, 7.31, 8.22
decimals: 5.58, 8.22
estimating: 5.57
everyday situations: 5.15, 5.64
four rules: 5.51, 8.22
fractions: 5.58, 8.22
graphical presentation: 5.14, 5.61
match assessments of: 6.15, 6.16, 6.20, 8.21
measurement: 5.57, 5.59, 5.63
money: 5.59
multiplication tables: 5.56, 5.65
practical: 5.57, 5.58, 7.31, 8.22
symbols: 5.60
responsibility for: 4.4, 4.5
tests: 1.4, 5.64, 6.22, 6.28-6.32, 8.21
use of techniques: 5.15
measurement: 5.13, 5.14, 5.59, 5.63
models, use of: 5.14, 5.62
modelling: 5.89. 5.93, 5.95
moral education: 5.5-5.9, 6.2, 6.5, 8.24, 8.29
movement: 5.102, 5.109
multicultural society: 8.24
music: 3.9, 5.2, 5.96-5.104, 5.121, 6.5, 8.27, 8.29, 8.35, 8.54
making: 5.100
match assessments: 6.18
responsibility for: 4.2
peripatetic teachers: 5.97, 5.104, 6.18, 8.35
singing: 3.9, 5.103, 6.5, 7.10
musical instruments: 5.99, 5.100, 5.101
musical notation: 5.99
N
National Foundation for Educational Research: 1.4, 1.9, 6.22, 7.11, 7.17, 7.18, 7.20, 7.22, 8.28, 8.34, 8.37, 8.51
Nuffield Foundation: 5.82, 8.65
O
observation: 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 5.67, 5.70, 5.78, 5.80, 5.87, 5.94, 5.135
organisation
classes: 3.1-3.10, 8.10-8.14
schools: 8.8-8.15
P
painting: 5.14
parents: 3.16, 8.68
participation, pupils: 5.6, 5.121, 6.5
physical education: 3.8, 3.9, 5.105-5.114, 6.5, 7.9, 8.15, 8.27, 8.29
dances: 7.9
games: 5.109, 5.112, 6.5
gymnastics: 5.106, 5.110, 5.111, 6.5,7.9
match assessments: 6.16, 6.21
movement: 5.102, 5.109
responsibility for: 4.3
physical science: 5.79
play: 5.41
Plowden report 8.68
poetry: 5.20, 5.28, 5.42, 7.30
practical work: 3.16, 5.57. 5.58, 5.94, 8.22, 8.23
projects - see topics
pupils
able: 2.16, 3.10, 5.64, 6.13, 6.15, 7.36, 8.21, 8.33, 8.35
average: 6.13, 6.15
less able: 2.16, 3.10, 6.13, 6.15, 8.33
boys-girls: 8.29
pupil-teacher ratio: 7.4, 7.6, 7.10
Q
questionnaires: 1.7
questions, asked by children: 5.24. 5.78
R
radio: 5.22, 5.43, 5.73, 5.98, 5.109, 5.134
reading: 3.6, 5.19, 6.5, 5.26-5.30, 7.29, 6.7, 8.16
attainments in: 6.22-6.27
extension of: 5.27
match assessments of: 6.14, 6.16
practice: 5.26, 6.7
remedial: 2.25
responsibility for: 4.3
schemes: 5.26, 6.7
skills: 5.11, 6.14, 8.17, 8.19
standards: 5,17, 8.18
teaching of: 3.13, 5.1
tests: 1.4, 6.24-6.27, 8.18
recording, by children: 5.14-5.15, 5.66, 5.78, 5.88, 5.92, 5.94
records
folders: 4,7, 4.9
lea: 4.9
samples of work: 4.7
school: 4.7, 4.9
use of children's work: 5.38
religious education: 5.93, 5.116-5.122, 8.24, 8.29
remedial teaching: 2.16, 5.29, 7.4, 8.54
resources: 2.19, 3.8, 3.18, 5.14, 5.76, 7.5, 7.10, 8.9, 8.12-8.15, 8.68
equipment: 3.8, 3.9, 5.7, 5.14, 5.66, 5.76, 5.107, 8.9, 8.13
facilities: 5.114
materials: 3.8, 5.89, 5.94, 8.9
tapes: 5.43
use of: 3.21, 5.84
responsibility; curricular and organisational: 2.14-2.16, 4.1-4.6, 6.18, 7.34-7.37, 8.27, 8.35, 8.45-8.47, 8.52
training for: 8.62-8.64
responsibility, pupils: 5.6, 5.7, 6.5, 8.6, 8.7
S
salary scales: 2.13
sample
design and size: 1.2
stages: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
schedules, HMl: 1.7, 6.3, 6.4
schemes of work: 4.5, 4.6, 5.128, 8.26
schools
age range: 2.1-2.7
characteristics of: 2.1, 2.2
classification: 1.2
locality: 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.15, 7.3-7.13, 8.11
inner city: 2.6, 2.7, 2.20, 2.22, 3.15, 3.16, 7.4-7.6, 8.36, 8.37, 8.38
marked social difficulty: 2.7, 2.23, 7.6, 7.7
organisation of: 8.8-8.11
other urban: 2.6, 2.19, 2.20, 3.15, 3.16, 7.10, 8.9
rural: 2.6, 2.7, 2.19, 2.20, 3.15, 3.16, 7.7-7.9
social priority: 2.19, 7.6
size: 4.2, 8.8, 8.9, 8.48, 8.52
2 fe: 2.15, 4.3, 8.9
3fe: 2.15, 4.4
type: 2.3, 2.4, 7.14-7.16
infants: 3.2, 4.7, 4.9, 8.10, 8.11
juniors: 4.7, 8.10, 8.11
infants with juniors: 2.15, 7.7, 8.10, 8.11
middle: 1.2, 2.3
Schools Council: 5.82, 8.65
science
general: 5.13, 5.14, 5.66-5.84, 6.6, 8.15, 8.26, 8.29
experimental work: 8.26
hypothesising: 5.66, 5.70
match assessments: 6.17
observation: 5.12, 5.66, 5.70, 5.74. 5.78, 5.87, 5.94, 5.135, 8.26
recording in: 5.66
responsibility for: 4.4, 5.84
standards of: 5.84
support for: 5.82
singing: 3.9, 5.103, 6.5, 7.10
site, use of: 2.18
social abilities
consideration for others: 5.7, 6.5, 8.7
feelings, emotion: 5.8
leadership: 5.6
participation: 5.6, 5.121, 6.5
respect: 6.5
responsibility: 5.6, 5.7, 6.5, 8.7
using initiative: 5.7
social education: 5.5-5.9, 6.2, 6.5
social studies: 5.115-5.136
space
open: 2.17
shared: 3.8
use of: 8.14
spare: 8.15
teaching: 2.1
working: 8.14
spelling: 5.38, 5.45, 8.20
staffing
stability: 2.12
standards: 7.34, 8.51, 8.52
turnover: 7.4
standards of work: 5.84, 6.1, 6.20, 6.21, 8.39
statistical techniques: 1.9
stories, use of: 5.20, 5.22, 5.42, 5.119, 5.126, 7.8, 7.30
students: 8.35, 8.56, 8.57
study, extended: 3.22
survey, design: 1.1
swimming: 4.3, 5.106, 5.108, 6.5
syntax: 538, 5.45, 8.20
T
teachers: 2.8-2.20
centres: 5.82
class: 1.7, 1.9, 3.11, 3.14, 5.49, 6.11, 8.41
deployment of: 3.11-3.14, 8.48-8.52
difficulties experienced: 8.34, 8.35
experience of: 2.11, 7.2
graduates: 2.9
head: 1.7, 1.9, 4.1, 4.5, 7.4, 8.46, 8.52, 8.64
initial training: 2.10, 8.55, 8.59
in-service training: 8.55, 8.59, 8.65
meetings of: 4.11
men: 2.8, 2.13
needs of: 8.25, 8.42
other than class: 3.12, 3.14, 4.2, 5.113, 7.34
probationers: 2.12, 7.2, 8.63
professional development: 8.55-8.65
qualifications of: 2.9
remedial: 2.25
responsibilities of: 2.14, 5.49, 8.5, 8.56
specialist: 5.104, 8.5, 8.35, 8.42-8.44
strengths of: 5.84, 5.114, 6.3, 8.40, 8.44, 8.52
visiting: 8.54
women: 2.8, 2.13
teaching
approach: 3.17-3.24, 7.25-7.37
class: 8.40-8.44
cooperatives: 3.10, 8.44
direct: 5.54
method: 3.17-3.24, 7.25-7.37, 8.60-8.61
specialist: 8.35, 8.40-8.65
space: 2.1
television: 5.22, 5.43, 5.54, 5.73, 5.98, 5.125, 5.134
tests
diagnostic: 4.8, 8.59
mathematics: 1.4, 5.64, 6.28-6.32, 8.21
objective: 1.4, 1.9, 6.22
reading: 1.4, 5.17, 6.23-6.27, 8.18
school devised: 4.7
selection of pupils: 6.22
scores for: 6.25-6.28
standardised: 4.8, 8.59
thematic approach: 5.115
tools, use of: 5.14
topics: 5.118, 5.123, 5.128, 5.129, 6.19
transfer: 8.31
transition, between classes: 4.7-4.8, 7.21
V
vandalism: 2.20
vertical grouping: 3.2, 3.5, 7.19, 7.21
visits
to other schools: 4.10
by pupils: 3.16, 5.91, 7.8
visitors, use of: 5.42, 5.91
vocabulary: 5.24
W
weather study: 5.135
West Indian speech patterns: 2.24
withdrawal
area: 2.1
of pupils: 3.10, 5.29, 7.4, 8.49
work
cards: 3.7, 5.52, 5.53, 5.65, 5.126, 5.133, 7.30
inspection of: 1.7
levels of difficulty: 6.20, 6.21
planning of: 5.128
programme of: 4.1, 4.6, 8.32, 8.46
quality of: 1.8, 4.6, 5.104, 5.110, 6.1
range of: 7.33
standards of: 6.1
working atmosphere: 3.17, 7.28, 8.6
writing: 3.6, 5.14, 5.19, 5.29, 5.31-5.38, 8.20
copied: 5.33
descriptive: 6.5, 8.20
narrative: 6.5, 8.20
skills: 5.14, 5.19, 5.34, 5.37, 5.38, 5.45, 8.20
written work, use of: 5.37, 5.38, 6.5, 7.10
Annex B
 
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