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ERIC Number: EJ536463
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-9072
"A Picture of Variable Light and Shade": The SED Annual Reports and Primary Education.
Bain, Wilson
Scottish Educational Review, v27 n2 p146-53 Nov 1995
Examines 30 annual reports, published by the Scottish Education Department (SED) in 1950-79, to illustrate important themes in SED policies for elementary schools. Themes include the importance of "infant teachers'" work, promotion examinations, county curriculum guidelines, group methods of teaching, shifting curriculum emphases, the leadership role of headteachers, and "continuity" (as opposed to innovation or change). (SV)
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Scotland; Scottish Education Department