Meeting The Challenges of Primary Schooling

Teachers in primary schools deal with a wide range of issues every day. This book helps teachers to understand those issues, and how they fit in with recent government policies and initiatives. Each chapter looks at:* relevant statements of policy or initiative* how these statements fit into the context of specific schools* the challenges they present for those involved in schools* how schools can respond to these challenges* learning across contextsEach chapter has been written by one practitioner and one academic and between them the chapters cover the whole range of Australian primary schools.