Information AboutPrimary School |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT PRIMARY EDUCATION | |
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| elementary and primary schools | |
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GENERAL INFORMATION Typically, primary education is provided in School s, where (in the absence of parental movement or other intervening factors) the child will stay, in steadily advancing classes, until they complete it and move on to secondary schooling. Children are usually placed in classes with one teacher who will be primarily responsible for their education and welfare for that year. This teacher may be assisted to varying degrees by specialist teachers in certain subject areas, often Music or Physical Education . The continuity with a single teacher and the opportunity to build up a close relationship with the class is a notable feature of the primary education system. Over the past few decades, schools have been testing various arrangements which break from the one-teacher, one-class mold. Multi-age programs, where children in different grades (e.g. Kindergarten through second grade) share the same classroom and teachers, is one increasingly popular alternative to traditional elementary instruction. Or, another alternative is that kids might have a main class and go to another teacher's room for one subject, such as science, while the science teacher's main class will go to the other teacher's room for another subject, such as social studies. This could be called a two-teacher, two-class mold, or a rotation. The major goals of primary education are achieving basic Literacy and Numeracy amongst all their students, as well as establishing foundations in Science , Geography , History and other Social Sciences . The relative priority of various areas, and the methods used to teach them, are an area of considerable political debate. Traditionally, various forms of Corporal Punishment have been an integral part of early education. Recently this practice has come under attack, and in many cases been outlawed, especially in Western Countries . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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