British Primary Education - Components of Innovation.

Overview & Synopsis

Herein are discussed the reactions of visitors to the Oxfordshire schools; the new elements common to education in all the Oxfordshire schools, including vertical grouping, "unstreaming," open education, the integrated day, and the integrated curriculum; the role of the teachers in Oxfordshire's primary schools; the role of various agencies and institutions in the Oxfordshire primary schools, including the advisory service, Her Majesty's inspectors, the museum service, the teachers' centers, and the schools council; and the lessons for American education that can be drawn from Oxfordshire's primary schools. (Editor)