Welcome to the QCDA Thinking Primary blog.
We intend to post a range of articles here for you to comment on and hope that you will do the same – the intention is that this space should be an opportunity for us all to think about, and share our experiences of, curriculum development.
We welcome and value your comments and views.
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November 19, 2009 at 7:44 pm |
Sir Jim Rose had many interesting and worthwhile things to say about the new liberating primary curriculum. I’d like to focus on his mention of drama which incorporates speaking and listening, problem-solving, creative thinking, collaboration and other life skills. It concerns me that the word ” drama ” is used without definition inmuch the same way that it was interpreted as role-play in the primary strategy. OK, so what do we understand drama in the primary curriculum to mean? How many of us feel confident in teaching educational or process drama with a class of 25+? What in-service is there for us to develop skills? What would colleagues like to happen with regards to this learning?