PGCE Primary and Early Years Pre-course reading 2013

This is a series of articles for you to read, to begin to engage with major themes being explored
throughout the course.

Abraham, M. and Purkayastha, B (2012) Making a difference: Linking research and action in practice,
pedagogy, and policy for social justice: Introduction, Current Sociology, 60: 123
http://csi.sagepub.com/content/60/2/123.full.pdf+html

Bruner, J. (1996) The complexity of educational aims, in The Culture of Education, Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press [online] Available at:
http://digilib.bc.edu/reserves/ed711/shir/ed71105.pdf

Craft, A., Cremin,T., Burnard, P., Dragovic, T. and Chappell, K . (2012) Possibility thinking: an
evidence-based concept driving creativity?, Education, 3(13) [online] Available at:
http://libeprints.open.ac.uk/31388/2/Possiblility_thinking.pdf

Goldacre, B. (2013) Building Evidence into Education [online] Available at:
http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/b/ben%20goldacre%20paper.pdf

Hodkinson, P. and Macleod, F. (2007) Contrasting Concepts of Learning and Contrasting Research
Methodologies, Paper presented at the Educational Research and TLRP: What Learned? What Next?
TLRP Annual Conference Cardiff, 26-27 November 2007 Available at:
http://www.tlrp.org/project%20sites/LearningLives/papers/ECER%202007%20Paper%206%20Phil%
20&%20Flora.doc

Hoyle, David (2008) 'Problematising Every Child Matters', The Encyclopaedia of Informal Education
[online] Available at: http://www.infed.org/socialwork/every_child_matters_a_critique.htm

Martlew, J. and Ellis, S. and Stephen, C. and Ellis, J (2010) Teacher and child talk in active learning
and whole-class contexts: some implications for children from economically less advantaged home
backgrounds, Literacy, 44 (1). pp. 12-19.
http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/25726/1/strathprints025726.pdf

Slater, A., Hocking, I. and Loose, J. (2003) Theories and Issues in Child Development in Introduction
to Developmental Psychology [online] Available at:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=overview%20childhood%20theories&source=web&cd=
8&ved=0CHgQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotlandscolleges.ac.uk%2Fcomponent%2Foption%2
Ccom_docman%2FItemid%2C78%2Fgid%2C1059%2Ftask%2Cdoc_download%2F&ei=F1qeT46GO8rF
8gPwhq2YDw&usg=AFQjCNHi9ArTr3bhlm_h6l4sXSeF447eWA

Smith, M. K. (2003) Learning theory, the encyclopedia of informal education [online] Available at:
http://infed.org/mobi/learning-theory-models-product-and-process/