Learning environments for the whole curriculum : it's not like normal lessons / edited by D. Hustler, Ethel Milroy and Michael Cockett

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction --Part 1: Teachers' Curriculum Reports --1. Changing Settings within the School - A New Learning Environment for Business and Information Studies, Joan Bishop, Mike Moore & Gilly Walker; Creating an Appropriate Environment for Design Education, David Dickinson; The Pottery Development, Tom Cooley; Multi-skills Bases, ACS Staff; Structured Play: The Railway Station, Helen Strahan; The 'Mansfield Park' Project, Margaret Howard; Pilot Scheme in GCSE Mathematics, Adrian Harrington; General Comments --3. Using Settings Outside the School - The Residential, Jean-Pierre Kirkland; Link Courses, Lorna Borland; Nursery Placements, Finn Deloughry; The Community Farm Project, Leslie Howard; Turkish Girls' Centre - Berlin, Kristel Hautmann; General Comments --4. Changing Time and Space - Individually Negotiated Timetables, Diane King; International Women's Week, Sue Botcherby; In the Middle of the Night, Jorgen Lund; The Dublin Work Exploration Centre, Kathy August; The Open Learning Environment, Beryl Jackson; The Trip, Brendan Agnew; General Comments --Part 2: Pupils' Learning, Teachers' Learning and the Quality of Learning --5. Teachers and Learners Gordon Baddeley --6. Teachers Learning John Coghill and Alan Goodwin --7. Assessing Learning Mick Cockett --8. Pupils' Judgements David Hustler. --Concluding Comments

Originally published in 1991. Consisting of 18 teachers' reports on attempts to change traditional learning environments, the contributors argue for a commitment to whole curriculum planning, which embraces a variety of learning environments both inside and outside the school walls.