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> Cambridge Primary Review interim report coverage -
December 2007

The fourth group of interim reports was on the theme of Children in primary schools: research on development, learning, diversity and educational needs, and was published December 14, 2007.  This group consisted of:

• Research Survey 2/1a - Children’s cognitive development and learning, Usha Goswami and Peter Bryant.
• Research Survey 2/1b - Children’s social development, peer interaction and classroom learning, Christine Howe and Neil Mercer.
• Research Survey 5/1 - Children in primary education: demography, culture, diversity and inclusion, Mel Ainscow, Alan Dyson, Peter Farrell and Jean Conteh.
• Research Survey 5/2 - Learning needs and difficulties among children of primary school age: definition, identification, provision and issues, Harry Daniels and Jill Porter.

A selection of press coverage of this fourth release of interim reports (14.12.07):

BBC News website - 'Talk more in class, experts say' - "Children should be allowed to talk more in class, education experts have argued, despite the traditional view that chatter can be disruptive."

Times Educational Supplement - 'Tests drive harms links with parents' - Helen Ward and Adi Bloom.

Times Educational Supplement - 'Pretend play helps children learn' - Helen Ward.

Times Educational Supplement - 'Let's hear it for the chattering classes' - Adi Bloom.

The Telegraph - 'Studies fault competition in primary schools' - Graeme Paton, Education Editor.

Independent - 'The key to your child doing well at school? Conversation in the home' - Richard Garner, Education Editor.

Guardian - 'Help for special needs children "matter of class, race and gender"' - Polly Curtis, education editor.

Guardian - 'Study calls for more play and talk' - Press Association.

National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) website - 'Primary Review publishes compelling reports: Inclusion in schools and "learning styles" challenged'

Evening Standard - 'A competitive atmosphere in class can be bad for children's education, according to new research published as part of the biggest review of primary schooling for 40 years'.

GMTV website - 'More playtime: Find out why there are calls for more talk and playtime in the classroom'.

thisislondon.co.uk - "Sending children with severe special needs to ordinary schools condems many to a poor education and disrupts lessons..."

ATL website - 'Special needs concerns raised'.

ananova.com - 'Study calls for more play and talk'.

 

 
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