This article describes a cooperative college/school program in which 18 prospective teachers lived and worked with a group of school children and their regular teachers during a week-long summer trip. The benefits of this program are described by the program advisor, a college official, and a program observer. (SJL)

Outlined is how the latest national curriculum project in science is tackling the lack of effective policies at school, local authority and national levels, and a lack of carefully conceived pupil material which is appropriately challenging both to the child and non-specialist primary or middle school teacher. (Author/KC)

Presented is a glimpse into how one school has developed and implemented a policy for a primary science program which is wide-ranging with purposeful investigations, frequently of an interdisciplinary nature, crossing subject boundaries. (Author/KC)

Discussed are two changes which have come about which enables us to view nature study in a new light--a change in teaching approaches (from content to process) and a change in the status and content of biology (greater awareness of our biological heritage). (Author/KC)

The author argues that selecting content for primary science should be taken seriously, suggests criteria for selecting content, and discusses ways of setting up and using content guidelines. (KC)

Discussed are Nathan Isaacs' contributions to education--his theory that knowledge is built up from birth onwards in a cumulative and developmental way, the educational implications that follow from this theory, his position as both a supporter and critic of Jean Piaget, and his specific contributions to early science teaching. (KC)

Discussed are the problems presented by declining enrollment; the effects on teachers; the management of curriculum; implications for inservice education; and the need for increased expenditures per student in smaller schools. (KC)

The author appraises the first report--on primary maths--of the APU primary survey unit which was designed as an assessment of sample selected age groups in primary and secondary schools to provide a general picture of performance. (Author/KC)

This study analyzed the effectiveness of nursery schools and found that the education of young children can narrow the gap between intellectually disadvantaged and more advantaged children. Organization was found to be the key to effectiveness. (KC)

The author maintains that the future direction of primary education is in the hands of primary school headteachers because of the development of professionalism in a bureaucracy. A decision making model is presented to aid in understanding the complex processes of control and decision making. (KC)