The theme of this book is the teaching and learning of the humanities in the primary years. While it dwells on the National Curriculum, it also examines issues of current international concern, drawing upon international research literature.

Peter Knight

Chapter 1 A Research Perspective; Chapter 2 The Primary School; Chapter 3 Teaching; Chapter 4 Children; Chapter 5 The Nature of Geography; Chapter 6 Primary School Geography; Chapter 7 The Study of History; Chapter 8 History in the Primary School; Chapter 9 Arguments about Integration; Chapter 10 Re-integrating the Primary Curriculum; Chapter 11 Professional Development for Primary Humanities; Chapter 12 Lurching after Chimeras?;