Essays Tagged: "National Curriculum"

The essential elements involved in planning and assessing drama at key stage 3.

s progress in drama." Neelands, J (2000) Beginning Drama 11-14, David Fulton Publishers.With no set National Curriculum for drama, with individual schools, practitioners and educators differing belief ... pragmatic and philosophical issues that arise within drama. The pragmatic comes from having no set National Curriculum, not that this is necessarily a bad thing, but it does create local problems wit ...

(12 pages) 137 0 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Asses the usfulness of the functionalist perspective on education.

nce to achieve success in society base on his or her ability.The Functionalist point of view on the National Curriculum is that they respond to changing circumstances in which the needs of the economy ...

(2 pages) 121 1 3.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Need for a National Curriculum in public education.

The Need for a National Curriculum is great. A National curriculum would set what each school would teach for each ... re written on educational hardships or the separation of students by how much they know, but with a National Curriculum these would have been solved, and the writers wouldn't have had to struggle to g ... logy Rereading America.As shown in Mike Rose's essay "I just want to be average," if there was a National Curriculum, he would not have had a problem with his test scores being mixed up, because ev ...

(4 pages) 156 0 4.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

An essay that would be of particular use to training teachers. It describes the fundamental principles of teaching geography to young children

orld, how to look at and make use of maps and other geographical images. All being of the world.The National Curriculum requires teachers help children understand all aspects of geography. At key stag ... a wider look at geography are just two of the areas that can be expanded on for this age range. The national curriculum also introduces the requirement for investigations, knowledge on environmental c ...

(4 pages) 104 0 4.4 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Developing and Understanding Curricula

d there are certain aspects a teacher or curriculum designer need to be aware of and these apply to national, vocational and further education curriculum. The designer must be able to identify number ... h is adopted where the learner has more direct input into the curriculum.It is interesting that the National Curriculum appears to be changing on a regular basis with more a more vocational training b ...

(8 pages) 364 1 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The Reasons for studying Medieval past

ntly there were only two countries in Europe, the UK and Albania, where history was not part of the national curriculum up to age eighteen. Now, it was said, there is only one--and it is not Albania. ... n particular--in schools. One of the not-so-good is the inculcation of a crudely chauvinist form of nationalism. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, nationalism itself, however understandable h ...

(8 pages) 57 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

National curriculum - english literature

National CurriculumPart 1 - IntroductionEducation is the basis of becoming successful either in the ... ng successful either in the work place or college; it is valuable and important in our society. The National Curriculum was introduced in 1988 into schools of England and Wales to ensure that all chil ... ion until they enter college, but they are taught differently and in different levels. By using the National Curriculum, the students should be able to develop literacy and numeracy skills, extend the ...

(6 pages) 100 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Education will be truly effective only when it is specifically designed to meet the individual needs and interests of each student

ensive knowledge framework. Further, in this stage, to improve the efficiency of education, general national curriculum and courses of schools should be designed. The first reason is that individual n ...

(2 pages) 44 0 4.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Assessment Techniques in Primary Science.

terate' (Howe et al, 2005, p5). This term encompasses not only factual knowledge (SC2, 3 & 4 in National Curriculum) but also scientific enquiry, or, the skills with which to investigate in a scie ...

(10 pages) 172 0 4.5 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The changing roles of the teacher in recent times.

hich greatly changed the work of teachers, was the establishment for the first time of a prescribed national curriculum for all state schools from the age of 5 upwards.Chitty (1999:30) explaining in d ... mprising city technology colleges (CTC) and grant maintained schools.Since, the introduction of The National Curriculum together with the new testing and assessment procedures have had such a major in ...

(12 pages) 338 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Critically evaluate the extent to which the Literacy Hour enhances the teaching and learning of English as required by the National Curriculum for English.

racy hour highlighting the purpose and effectiveness of each section and how it interlinks with the National Curriculum concluding in whether the hour does actually enhance the learning and teaching o ... n whether the hour does actually enhance the learning and teaching of English.The introduction of a National Literacy Hour as part of the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) has been seen as a major refo ...

(13 pages) 120 0 4.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Certificate in Education (teacher training in UK)

l Air Force (RAF) and specifically within RAF Cosford. I cannot discuss the wider implications at a national level for several reasons; one, I am not a teacher at a mainstream 'normal' school within t ... college, which just happens to be in the military. Two, we do not conform to the guidelines of that national curriculum and therefore I cannot form or state an opinion on these matters. I can, however ...

(16 pages) 136 0 4.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

History lesson plan key stage 1

uence a story in History- listen carefully to a story- learn aspects of a book (author, illustrator)National Curriculum References1.1 - sequence events1.2 - use common phrases relating to passing of t ...

(1 pages) 2112 0 1.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Should a nation require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college?

tivation of children is somewhat like the production. Consequently, teaching children with the same national curriculum is similar with the modern times massive production, while, schools with differe ... cts and can also improve the production efficiency. Similarly, fostering the children with the same national curriculum can save the nation's effort in evaluation of the students' study and can also r ...

(2 pages) 24 1 3.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

British School System

cture: 1. School system 2. Differences between: England "" Wales "" Scotland "" Northern Ireland 3. National Curriculum 4. School years 4.1. Nursery School 4.2. Infant School 4.3. Middle School 4.4. S ... versity of Ulster- Queen's University (Belfast) - University of Edinburgh- University of Glasgow 3. National Curriculum Ø government guidelines about what is taught in state schools &Ati ...

(6 pages) 25 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Compare And Contrast Britian And France Over Educational Practices

is an issue that plays an essential role in all aspects of society and sparks debates in issues of national economic competitiveness, national identity, and social justice. It is viewed as protecting ... becoming a well rounded individual.The third view is Vocationalism, which is orientated around the national economy. Its objective is to meet the needs of the national economy for skilled labourers w ...

(5 pages) 10 0 1.7 Feb/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Do we want to develop a group into a team?

rks within the larger school structure.Within a school setting, a section of the Physical Education National Curriculum (2000) is about developing 'teamwork' as part of the programme of study. Within ...

(8 pages) 140 0 5.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Inclusion within Mathematics

fted and talented', the average child, or the child with any 'Special Educational Needs' (SEN). The National Curriculum definition is 'providing effective learning opportunities for all pupils' - this ... oroughly number bonds between one and hundred. Despite this, the teacher must continue to teach the National Curriculum material for that particular year, obviously adapting it accordingly, which will ...

(19 pages) 132 0 5.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Evaluate factors, which are held to contribute to boys’ underachievement.

e. Governments and schools began to make conscious efforts to remove the imbalance, for example the National Curriculum was introduced to all schools in 1988 and schools set up equal opportunities pro ...

(9 pages) 10 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Sex Education Should Be Tought In Public Schools

t appear due to hormonal changes, which are absolutely normal at this age. According to the Chilean National Curriculum (Ministerio de Educación, 2001), schools should include the biological co ...

(4 pages) 0 0 0.0 Dec/2011

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education