policy and practice from pre-school to secondary /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Margaret M. Clark and Pamela Munn.
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New York :
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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1997.
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1 online resource
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND; SCOTLAND: THE BACKGROUND TO EDUCATION; THE ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND; SCOTTISH EDUCATION STATISTICS; THE UNDER-FIVES; THE CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT IN SCOTTISH SCHOOLS; SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL PROVISION; THE TEACHING PROFESSION: ITS ROLE AND STATUS (See Chapter 7); The General Teaching Council; Teacher education; Assessment of quality of teacher education; The professional development of teachers; STANDARDS AND QUALITY; DEVOLVED MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOLS (See Chapter 9); EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH.
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Curricular developmentsAssessment within the primary school; DEVELOPMENTS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION IN ENGLAND: SOME CONTRASTS; AN EVALUATION OF THE 5-14 PROGRAMME; GAELIC-MEDIUM PRIMARY SCHOOLS; MODERN LANGUAGES IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL; STANDARDS AND QUALITY IN SCOTTISH PRIMARY SCHOOLS; REFERENCES; 4 THE STATUTORY YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION ; THE CONTEXT; THE EARLY YEARS-FRESH START VERSUS CONTINUITY AND PROGRESSION; LEARNING AND TEACHING IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF SECONDARY; S3 AND S4-THE STANDARD GRADE YEARS; SOME KEY ISSUES IN SCOTTISH SECONDARY SCHOOLING; THE SCOTTISHNESS OF THE SYSTEM.
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LEARNING TO SUCCEED IN SCOTLANDREFERENCES; 2 THE UNDER-FIVES ; PROVISION OF SERVICES; COORDINATION OF SERVICES; CHILDREN'S RIGHTS TO QUALITY SERVICES; VOUCHERS; THE CURRICULUM; 'INCLUSION' AND EARLY YEARS SERVICES; Inclusion in under-fives groups; Inclusion and the primary-school curriculum; Inclusion and parents; REFERENCES; 3 DEVELOPMENTS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND; INTRODUCTION; THE STRUCTURE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION IN 1965 AND SINCE 1987: A COMPARISON; CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT IN PRIMARY EDUCATION: A POLICY FOR THE 1990s.
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Pre-school special educational provisionPrimary-stage special educational provision; Secondary-stage special educational provision; Further education colleges; ROLES AND TRAINING OF KEY PROFESSIONALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE IN SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL PROVISION; REFERENCES; 7 THE TEACHING PROFESSION ; THE GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL: ITS ROLE IN SCOTTISH EDUCATION; The establishment of GTC; The Council; Registration; Probation; Supply of teachers; Disciplinary powers; Initial teacher education and GTC; GTC and the teaching profession; TEACHER EDUCATION; Teacher education institutions; Entry requirements.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Education in Scotland is markedly different from what happens in the rest of the UK - with a different National Curriculum, school boards to oversee school management and a General Teaching Council which has been in existence since 1965. Whilst there are many examples of successful and innovative practice in Scotland, the system is quite often not recognised as different by writers who talk about the UK education system as if it were one smooth whole. This book describes recent developments in both legislation and practice in Scotland, drawing comparisons with the English system. Chapters cove.