What is the future for primary education? has been printed with the support of funding from the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and features contributions from a variety of early childhood campaigners and developmental specialists who are opposed to the new primary school curriculum.
Primary school teacher and co-ordinator of the charter Jess Edwards said, ‘The pamphlet was written in order to explore the impact of the recent Government reforms on the education of young children.’
‘We are concerned that good pedagogical practice and research is being ignored by the current government and that rather than "raising standards", initiatives such as the new primary curriculum will actually damage children's learning because it is over-crowded, based predominately on rote learning and not age appropriate.’
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