Publisher's Synopsis
This, the third of four volumes in the series "Cultural Diversity and the Curriculum", brings together the writings of specialists in the key components of both the whole and the basic curriculum. The series considers contexts, challenges and responses to cultural, ethnic and religious diversity as they impact on the school curriculum, covering issues which will be faced by any nation in which cultural and religious diversities exist.;The book opens with an overview of the implications of cultural diversity in the primary school, going on to consider practice in the Content Fields, with chapters covering each of the curricular areas of Religious Education and the nine foundation subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, Technology, History, Geography, Music, Arts and Physical Education. Appendices include the Race Relations Act, relevant publications and administrative arrangements governing the funding available through Section 11 of the Local Government Act.;Followed by Volume 4, covering cross-curricular elements, themes and dimensions at the primary school stage and complemented by Volume 1 (Foundation Subjects and Religious Education in the Secondary School, Faimer Press 1993) and Volume 2 (Cross Curricular Contexts, Themes and Dimensions in the Secondary School Falmer Press 1993), this series covers aspects relating to a curriculum that is sensitive to all groups; a curriculum that shows the way forward in this increasingly culturally diverse society.
