Teaching Humanities in Primary Schools

Until her recent retirement Pat was a Senior Lecturer in history and education at the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University. Her main research interests lie in the teaching of time and chronology and the links between language and history in the primary school. She has written a number of papers for journals, and published book on primary history. She has also acted as a consultant for the QCA, CBBC and Mixicolore. Elaine McCreery is a Senior Lecturer specialising in religious education at the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan /par1/University. Paul Bowen is a Senior Lecturer specialising in history at the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan /par1/University. Sue Bermingham works as a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University teaching on initial teacher education and training courses. She specialises in geography.

• IntroductionAims and values in humanities educationKnowledge and understanding: key concepts, skills and contentHumanities in the Early Years Foundation StagePlanning for progression in the humanities at KS1 KS2Teaching strategies in the humanitiesCreativity and cross-curricular planningMonitoring and assessmentEquality, inclusion and diversity in the humanities curriculumMaking the most of links with literacy and mathematicsE-learning and ICT through humanities teachingOut of school learning; multi-professional learningChildren′s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and citizenship education