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This Book Is Concerned With The Relationships And Tensions In Education Between Children's Needs And Societies' Demands, Questions Which Primary Teachers Everywhere Face On A Daily Basis, Such As: * How Does Society's View Of Children And Childhood Affect Teaching And Learning? * How Do The Dictates Of The Education System, Including A National Curriculum, Shape Teaching Practice? * How Do The Conventions Of Classroom Practice Fit With Teachers' Own Beliefs And Values? The First Part Of The Book Offers A Basic Framework For Thinking About Primary Curricula From The Perspectives Raised By These Questions, Whilst The Second Part Presents A Range Of International Views On The Primary Curriculum From Australia, New Zealand, South-east Asia, Europe And The Usa. Cover -- The Primary Curriculum -- Copyright -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- List Of Tables -- Notes On Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part I - Primary Curricula: Origins And Influences -- 1. Historical And Philosophical Influences On The Primary Curriculum -- 2. The Concept Of A Developmental Curriculum -- 3. The Primary National Curriculum In England: A Sociological Perspective -- 4. Changing Primary/elementary School Curricula: An Analysis Of The English Experience 1862-2012 -- 5. Making A Curriculum: Some Principles Of Curriculum Building -- Part Ii - Primary Curricula:internationalcontexts Andperspectives -- Introduction -- 6. Primary Education For The Rural Black Southafrican Child -- 7. Primary Curriculum: Two Perspectives From Japan -- 8. Relationships And Tensions In The Primary Curriculumof The United States -- 9. Primary Education: An Australian Perspective -- 10.primary Schooling In Hong Kong -- 11.curricula Across Cultures: Contexts And Connections -- Endpiece -- Index.