Developing Subject Knowledge Across the Primary Curriculum
Jen Aggleton
- The Open University, UK
Purchase
eBook
ISBN:
9781036239985
Available from
January 0001
Paperback
ISBN:
9781036230920
Available from
May 2026
Description
Supporting primary teaching students to develop deep subject knowledge in curriculum subjects beyond literacy and numeracy.
Students on primary education courses have a significant breadth of subject knowledge to cover. This book, which is applicable to a range of curricula, including those of the four UK nations:
*Offers both breadth and depth for deep subject knowledge learning.
*Includes information on subject knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and the links between them.
*Brings focused subject explorations from a diverse range of subject experts in explicit subject chapters.
*Enables students to build critical evaluation skills and consider implications for practice.
*Supports professional decision making about what and how to teach.
*Considers how both curriculum and pedagogy can be approached in inclusive and equitable ways.
*Explores how curricular are developed, interpreted, and delivered.
Students on primary education courses have a significant breadth of subject knowledge to cover. This book, which is applicable to a range of curricula, including those of the four UK nations:
*Offers both breadth and depth for deep subject knowledge learning.
*Includes information on subject knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and the links between them.
*Brings focused subject explorations from a diverse range of subject experts in explicit subject chapters.
*Enables students to build critical evaluation skills and consider implications for practice.
*Supports professional decision making about what and how to teach.
*Considers how both curriculum and pedagogy can be approached in inclusive and equitable ways.
*Explores how curricular are developed, interpreted, and delivered.
Contents
Part 1: Understanding Subject Knowledge
- 1. Developing subject knowledge: An introduction
- 2. Poverty informed primary curriculum
- 3. Subject knowledge and the anti-racist curriculum
- 4. Subject knowledge and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- 5. Effective interactions for subject knowledge development
Part 2: Developing Subject Knowledge
- 6. Art and Design
- 7. Citizenship and Ethics
- 8. Dance
- 9. Digital Technologies
- 10. Drama
- 11. Geography
- 12. Health and Wellbeing
- 13. History
- 14. Languages
- 15. Music
- 16. Physical Education
- 17. Religious Education
- 18. Sciences
- 19. Sustainability and Climate Change
Part 3: Taking your subject knowledge further
- 20. Conclusion: the subject knowledge development cycle
Description
Supporting primary teaching students to develop deep subject knowledge in curriculum subjects beyond literacy and numeracy.
Students on primary education courses have a significant breadth of subject knowledge to cover. This book, which is applicable to a range of curricula, including those of the four UK nations:
*Offers both breadth and depth for deep subject knowledge learning.
*Includes information on subject knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and the links between them.
*Brings focused subject explorations from a diverse range of subject experts in explicit subject chapters.
*Enables students to build critical evaluation skills and consider implications for practice.
*Supports professional decision making about what and how to teach.
*Considers how both curriculum and pedagogy can be approached in inclusive and equitable ways.
*Explores how curricular are developed, interpreted, and delivered.
Students on primary education courses have a significant breadth of subject knowledge to cover. This book, which is applicable to a range of curricula, including those of the four UK nations:
*Offers both breadth and depth for deep subject knowledge learning.
*Includes information on subject knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and the links between them.
*Brings focused subject explorations from a diverse range of subject experts in explicit subject chapters.
*Enables students to build critical evaluation skills and consider implications for practice.
*Supports professional decision making about what and how to teach.
*Considers how both curriculum and pedagogy can be approached in inclusive and equitable ways.
*Explores how curricular are developed, interpreted, and delivered.
Contents
Part 1: Understanding Subject Knowledge
- 1. Developing subject knowledge: An introduction
- 2. Poverty informed primary curriculum
- 3. Subject knowledge and the anti-racist curriculum
- 4. Subject knowledge and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- 5. Effective interactions for subject knowledge development
Part 2: Developing Subject Knowledge
- 6. Art and Design
- 7. Citizenship and Ethics
- 8. Dance
- 9. Digital Technologies
- 10. Drama
- 11. Geography
- 12. Health and Wellbeing
- 13. History
- 14. Languages
- 15. Music
- 16. Physical Education
- 17. Religious Education
- 18. Sciences
- 19. Sustainability and Climate Change
Part 3: Taking your subject knowledge further
- 20. Conclusion: the subject knowledge development cycle
May 2026 | 376 pages | Learning Matters
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 21/05/2025 | 9781036230920 | $156.00 |
| Hardcover | 21/05/2025 | 9781036230937 | $183.00 |
| 180 Day Ebook | 27/02/2026 | 9781036239985 | $92.00 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2026 | 9781036239985 | $133.00 |
Supporting primary teaching students to develop deep subject knowledge in curriculum subjects beyond literacy and numeracy.
Students on primary education courses have a significant breadth of subject knowledge to cover. This book, which is applicable to a range of curricula, including those of the four UK nations:
*Offers both breadth and depth for deep subject knowledge learning.
*Includes information on subject knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and the links between them.
*Brings focused subject explorations from a diverse range of subject experts in explicit subject chapters.
*Enables students to build critical evaluation skills and consider implications for practice.
*Supports professional decision making about what and how to teach.
*Considers how both curriculum and pedagogy can be approached in inclusive and equitable ways.
*Explores how curricular are developed, interpreted, and delivered.
Students on primary education courses have a significant breadth of subject knowledge to cover. This book, which is applicable to a range of curricula, including those of the four UK nations:
*Offers both breadth and depth for deep subject knowledge learning.
*Includes information on subject knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and the links between them.
*Brings focused subject explorations from a diverse range of subject experts in explicit subject chapters.
*Enables students to build critical evaluation skills and consider implications for practice.
*Supports professional decision making about what and how to teach.
*Considers how both curriculum and pedagogy can be approached in inclusive and equitable ways.
*Explores how curricular are developed, interpreted, and delivered.
Table Of Contents:
- Part 1: Understanding Subject Knowledge
- 1. Developing subject knowledge: An introduction
- 2. Poverty informed primary curriculum
- 3. Subject knowledge and the anti-racist curriculum
- 4. Subject knowledge and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- 5. Effective interactions for subject knowledge development
- Part 2: Developing Subject Knowledge
- 6. Art and Design
- 7. Citizenship and Ethics
- 8. Dance
- 9. Digital Technologies
- 10. Drama
- 11. Geography
- 12. Health and Wellbeing
- 13. History
- 14. Languages
- 15. Music
- 16. Physical Education
- 17. Religious Education
- 18. Sciences
- 19. Sustainability and Climate Change
- Part 3: Taking your subject knowledge further
- 20. Conclusion: the subject knowledge development cycle