Equality in the Primary School

Leena Helavaara Robertson is a Principal Lecturer at Middlesex University, UK, where she is also Director of Programmes for Primary Education. Dave Hill is Professor of Education at Middlesex University, UK, Visiting Professor of Critical Education Policy and Equality Studies at the University of Limerick, Ireland, and Visiting Professor of Education at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He is also Chief Editor of the Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies.

• Notes on Contributors; Preface Peter McLaren; Introduction Dave Hill and Leena Helavaara Robertson; Part I: The Wider Context; 1. One In the Crossfire: Early Years Foundation Stage, National Curriculum and Every Child Matters Leena Helavaara Robertson; 2. Conceptual and Practical Issues for the Primary/Elementary School Teacher Mike Cole; 3. Policy Context: New Labour, Social Inclusion and the Curriculum Uvanney Maylor; 4. Urban Education, Equality and Inequality Meg Maguire and Simon Pratt-Adams; 5. Refugee Education Henry Kum; Part II: Core Subjects; 6. English and Literacy Nick Peim; 7. Mathematics and Numeracy Tamar Margalit and Chris Carter; 8. Science Jen Smyth and Steve Smyth; Part III: Foundation Subjects; 9. ICT Gareth Honeyford; 10. History Rosemary Turner-Bisset with Emily Beadle; 11. Geography Gianna Knowles; 12. Art Jessica Haberman and Carole Hsiao; 13. Music Curry Mallot, Emily Beadle and Kate Blackmore; 14. Physical Education Emma Whewell and Joanna Hardman; 15. Design and Technology Jen Smyth and Steve Smyth; 16. Religious Education Ruth Mantin; 17. Community and Foreign Languages Dina Mehmedbegovic; 17. Citizenship Education Gavin Baldwin, Linda Whitworth and Philip Kovacs; 19. Sex and Relationships Education Gillian Hilton and Gavin Baldwin; 20. Theorising Politics and the Curriculum: Understanding and Addressing Inequalities through Critical Pedagogy and Critical Policy Dave Hill; Index.

‘Young children are frequently overlooked as victims of inequalities in education. In this impressive book Hill and Robertson have brought together key authors who address social justice in the primary school from a number of critical perspectives. For both teachers and academics this book is a call to action going beyond mere platitudes. It reminds us that children are often first in line to experience the inequities of global injustice and relocates them at the centre of radical emancipatory projects.'  John Preston, Reader in Lifelong Learning, Competitiveness and Social Cohesion, Institute of Education, University of London, UK