Maurice Galton
Biographic Data
| ID | 5239174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maurice Galton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maurice |
| FAMILY NAME | Galton |
| SIGNATURE | GALTON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leicester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A transition Odyssey
This article reviews transition from primary to secondary school over the period from the 1970s to the present day. It first considers the evidence from the earlier period and then at the time of the millennium before reporting on a recent investigation undertaken in four secondary schools. Using the ‘five bridges model’ of transfer, it compares the changes that have occurred over the five decades and concludes that current transfer practice has …
Changing Adolescence
Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching
What lessons can we learn from the relationship between policy-makers and schools over the life of the ‘New’ Labour and its predecessor Conservative government? What happened to ‘Education, Education, Education’ as it travelled from political vision to classroom practice? What are the lasting legacies of 13 years of a reforming Labour government? And what are the key messages for a coalition government? These are the questions addressed to the ar…
Going with the flow or back to normal? The impact of creative practitioners in schools and classrooms
This article describes the work of artists taking part in Creative Partnerships programmes and seeks to identify the ways in which they were able to motivate students, some of whom had anti‐learning dispositions. These creative practitioners approached their task in a number of different ways from the teachers whose classes they shared. They tended from the outset to treat students as co‐learners, employed different questioning strategies, and ma…
Promoting group work at key stage 3
The attitudes and behaviour of 1040 pupils aged 12–14 years have been measured at the beginning and end of the school year with a battery of attitude, motivation and personality tests in an investigation of the differential effects of group work compared to whole‐class learning. A total of 44 secondary teachers of English, mathematics and science and their classes have been studied over a two‐year period. While subject attitudes and motivation sc…
Educational research and the teacher
In the past few years a great deal of discussion has taken place in the UK about the importance of educational research, particularly its value to policy makers and its usefulness to teachers. At the same time a number of influential individuals and organizations have been keen to promote the idea of teaching as an evidence-based profession. This paper analyses the findings of a questionnaire, designed to investigate teachers' views on research a…
Changes in Patterns of Teacher Interaction in Primary Classrooms
For the past two decades there has been persistent controversy regarding the effectiveness of the different teaching methods used in the English primary classroom. One of the earliest studies of the primary classroom, the ORACLE study, described the typical behaviours of teachers and pupils. Since that time there have been various interventions designed ‘to change the way that primary teachers teach’. The research reported here evaluates the succ…
The use of discretionary time in the primary school
The aim of this study was to examine how primary‐school teachers interpret the notion of discretionary time and how this interpretation relates to the amounts of time given to different subjects within the National Curriculum at Key Stage (KS)1 and 2. Head teachers from a wide range of primary schools responded to a questionnaire (161 head teachers, 46 per cent of the original sample). In addition, eight head teachers underwent extended interview…
Classroom Practice and the National Curriculum in Small Rural Primary Schools
With the introduction of the National Curriculum primary teachers have come under increasing pressure from the Office for Standards in Education and other government agencies to change the ways they teach. However, the research evidence is equivocal as to the changes which have taken place at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 over the last 5 years. This article argues that part of the problem stems from the way that characteristics of classroom organis…
The National Curriculum
Recent calls for primary schools to provide specialist expertise across the curriculum have presented a particular challenge to small schools (roll
Studying teachers and teaching
Teaching in the Primary School
Originally published in 1989, this book reviews teaching methods and curriculum practice against the reality of classroom practice and educational objective and policies. In some ways a re-appraisal of progressive individual and group teaching and learning methods, together with practical guidelines for teachers
Handbook of Primary Education in Europe
Part 1 Primary education in Europe - aims and content: the aims of primary education in member states of the Council of Europe, Norman Thomas the social contexts of primary education in Europe, Jean-Michel Sivirine. Part 2 Organization, policy and practice of primary education in Europe: the national reports - analysis and comment, Alan Blyth texts of the national reports on primary education in the member states, Alan Blyth. Part 3 The new basic…
Inside the Secondary Classroom
Focusing on pupils moving from primary to middle or secondary school, it gives a rich and detailed account of the first months of life in new schools
An Oracle chronicle
Development, Experience and Curriculum in Primary Education
Strategies and Tactics in Junior School Classrooms
Changes in Patterns of Teacher Interaction in Primary Classrooms
For the past two decades there has been persistent controversy regarding the effectiveness of the different teaching methods used in the English primary classroom. One of the earliest studies of the primary classroom, the ORACLE study, described the typical behaviours of teachers and pupils. Since that time there have been various interventions designed ‘to change the way that primary teachers teach’. The research reported here evaluates the succ…
Classroom Practice and the National Curriculum in Small Rural Primary Schools
With the introduction of the National Curriculum primary teachers have come under increasing pressure from the Office for Standards in Education and other government agencies to change the ways they teach. However, the research evidence is equivocal as to the changes which have taken place at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 over the last 5 years. This article argues that part of the problem stems from the way that characteristics of classroom organis…
Going with the flow or back to normal? The impact of creative practitioners in schools and classrooms
This article describes the work of artists taking part in Creative Partnerships programmes and seeks to identify the ways in which they were able to motivate students, some of whom had anti‐learning dispositions. These creative practitioners approached their task in a number of different ways from the teachers whose classes they shared. They tended from the outset to treat students as co‐learners, employed different questioning strategies, and ma…
The use of discretionary time in the primary school
The aim of this study was to examine how primary‐school teachers interpret the notion of discretionary time and how this interpretation relates to the amounts of time given to different subjects within the National Curriculum at Key Stage (KS)1 and 2. Head teachers from a wide range of primary schools responded to a questionnaire (161 head teachers, 46 per cent of the original sample). In addition, eight head teachers underwent extended interview…
An Oracle chronicle
The National Curriculum
Recent calls for primary schools to provide specialist expertise across the curriculum have presented a particular challenge to small schools (roll
A transition Odyssey
This article reviews transition from primary to secondary school over the period from the 1970s to the present day. It first considers the evidence from the earlier period and then at the time of the millennium before reporting on a recent investigation undertaken in four secondary schools. Using the ‘five bridges model’ of transfer, it compares the changes that have occurred over the five decades and concludes that current transfer practice has …
Promoting group work at key stage 3
The attitudes and behaviour of 1040 pupils aged 12–14 years have been measured at the beginning and end of the school year with a battery of attitude, motivation and personality tests in an investigation of the differential effects of group work compared to whole‐class learning. A total of 44 secondary teachers of English, mathematics and science and their classes have been studied over a two‐year period. While subject attitudes and motivation sc…
Educational research and the teacher
In the past few years a great deal of discussion has taken place in the UK about the importance of educational research, particularly its value to policy makers and its usefulness to teachers. At the same time a number of influential individuals and organizations have been keen to promote the idea of teaching as an evidence-based profession. This paper analyses the findings of a questionnaire, designed to investigate teachers' views on research a…
Strategies and Tactics in Junior School Classrooms
Development, Experience and Curriculum in Primary Education
An Oracle chronicle
Inside the Secondary Classroom
Focusing on pupils moving from primary to middle or secondary school, it gives a rich and detailed account of the first months of life in new schools
Teaching in the Primary School
Originally published in 1989, this book reviews teaching methods and curriculum practice against the reality of classroom practice and educational objective and policies. In some ways a re-appraisal of progressive individual and group teaching and learning methods, together with practical guidelines for teachers
Handbook of Primary Education in Europe
Part 1 Primary education in Europe - aims and content: the aims of primary education in member states of the Council of Europe, Norman Thomas the social contexts of primary education in Europe, Jean-Michel Sivirine. Part 2 Organization, policy and practice of primary education in Europe: the national reports - analysis and comment, Alan Blyth texts of the national reports on primary education in the member states, Alan Blyth. Part 3 The new basic…
Studying teachers and teaching
The National Curriculum
Recent calls for primary schools to provide specialist expertise across the curriculum have presented a particular challenge to small schools (roll
The use of discretionary time in the primary school
The aim of this study was to examine how primary‐school teachers interpret the notion of discretionary time and how this interpretation relates to the amounts of time given to different subjects within the National Curriculum at Key Stage (KS)1 and 2. Head teachers from a wide range of primary schools responded to a questionnaire (161 head teachers, 46 per cent of the original sample). In addition, eight head teachers underwent extended interview…
Classroom Practice and the National Curriculum in Small Rural Primary Schools
With the introduction of the National Curriculum primary teachers have come under increasing pressure from the Office for Standards in Education and other government agencies to change the ways they teach. However, the research evidence is equivocal as to the changes which have taken place at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 over the last 5 years. This article argues that part of the problem stems from the way that characteristics of classroom organis…
Changes in Patterns of Teacher Interaction in Primary Classrooms
For the past two decades there has been persistent controversy regarding the effectiveness of the different teaching methods used in the English primary classroom. One of the earliest studies of the primary classroom, the ORACLE study, described the typical behaviours of teachers and pupils. Since that time there have been various interventions designed ‘to change the way that primary teachers teach’. The research reported here evaluates the succ…
Educational research and the teacher
In the past few years a great deal of discussion has taken place in the UK about the importance of educational research, particularly its value to policy makers and its usefulness to teachers. At the same time a number of influential individuals and organizations have been keen to promote the idea of teaching as an evidence-based profession. This paper analyses the findings of a questionnaire, designed to investigate teachers' views on research a…
Promoting group work at key stage 3
The attitudes and behaviour of 1040 pupils aged 12–14 years have been measured at the beginning and end of the school year with a battery of attitude, motivation and personality tests in an investigation of the differential effects of group work compared to whole‐class learning. A total of 44 secondary teachers of English, mathematics and science and their classes have been studied over a two‐year period. While subject attitudes and motivation sc…
Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching
What lessons can we learn from the relationship between policy-makers and schools over the life of the ‘New’ Labour and its predecessor Conservative government? What happened to ‘Education, Education, Education’ as it travelled from political vision to classroom practice? What are the lasting legacies of 13 years of a reforming Labour government? And what are the key messages for a coalition government? These are the questions addressed to the ar…
Going with the flow or back to normal? The impact of creative practitioners in schools and classrooms
This article describes the work of artists taking part in Creative Partnerships programmes and seeks to identify the ways in which they were able to motivate students, some of whom had anti‐learning dispositions. These creative practitioners approached their task in a number of different ways from the teachers whose classes they shared. They tended from the outset to treat students as co‐learners, employed different questioning strategies, and ma…
Changing Adolescence
A transition Odyssey
This article reviews transition from primary to secondary school over the period from the 1970s to the present day. It first considers the evidence from the earlier period and then at the time of the millennium before reporting on a recent investigation undertaken in four secondary schools. Using the ‘five bridges model’ of transfer, it compares the changes that have occurred over the five decades and concludes that current transfer practice has …
Psychology (17 works) · Mathematics education (16 works) · Pedagogy (14 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Political science (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Education Systems and Policy (5 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (5 works) · Curriculum (4 works) · Education and Technology Integration (4 works)