High Quality in Primary Humanities: Insights from the UK's School Inspectorates

Autor/in	Catling, Simon
Titel	High Quality in Primary Humanities: Insights from the UK's School Inspectorates
Quelle	In: Education 3-13, 45 (2017) 3, S.354-364 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4279
DOI	10.1080/03004279.2017.1296923
Schlagwörter	Humanities; Elementary School Curriculum; Educational Quality; Integrated Curriculum; Educational Planning; Work Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Stimulation; Instructional Leadership; Educational Practices; Educational Administration; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsplanung; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	The school inspectorates of the four jurisdictions of the UK are sources of evidence about the quality of humanities teaching, learning and curriculum in primary schools. The term "humanities" usually refers to the subjects of geography, history and Religious Education, but here they are considered holistically, not separately. Discrete subject and inter-subject humanities inspection reports are used to identify what inspectors report to be high-quality practices in this curriculum area. Six themes are presented, which reveal that: the best humanities curricula are based on subject and cross-subject ideas and connections, with subject learning clearly visible; flexible but rigorous approaches to planning enable progression in children's learning; strong teacher-child and teacher-humanities relationships reflect teachers' evident enthusiasm, commitment and expectations; teachers use a diverse range of approaches and resources; active and enquiry-based learning approaches engage children in developing their studies; and strong humanities leadership and explicit emphasis in school development priorities underpin high-quality primary humanities. These features reflect the skills and qualities of expert primary teachers. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01