To consider knowledge, concepts, skills and attitudes in schemes of work

Aim

To consider knowledge, concepts, skills and attitudes in schemes of work.

Method

Select topics within a programme of study in a subject area. Working on your own or preferably with a colleague, identify and list the knowledge, concepts, skills and attitudes which are targeted for development.

Follow-up

How easy was it to identify elements in the four categories? Which were explicit, and which implicit?

Has the activity led you to refine or extend your plans? How could the framework be used to take stock of pupil learning in your classroom?

More in this chapter

• To examine statements of aims and values presented in National Curriculum and school documentation
• To consider the influence of views of knowledge on a part of a national or school curriculum
• To consider the role of different subjects within the curriculum
• To reflect upon the 'curriculum as experienced' in the primary phase
• To experience children's capacity and inclination to search for understanding at young ages
• To assess our own feelings of competence in subject knowledge
• To consider the idea of transformations when preparing to teach
• To assess the quality of materials provided by subject associations
• To think through the extent and effects of moves to subject specialism in primary schools