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History: Issues to Resolve
Author(s) -
Wilson Michael D.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8578
pISSN - 0952-3383
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8578.1990.tb00354.x
Subject(s) - carr , curriculum , state (computer science) , foundation (evidence) , relation (database) , compulsory education , educational attainment , national curriculum , pedagogy , sociology , medical education , political science , psychology , law , medicine , ecology , algorithm , database , computer science , biology
Sections 3 and 4 of the 1988 Education Reform Act include history as one of the compulsory foundation subjects in the National Curriculum and empower the Secretary of State to specify attainment targets, programmes of study, and assessment arrangements for history for children of compulsory school age. The History Working Group appointed to advise the Secretary of State on history reported in January and its recommendations for attainment targets, programmes of study and statements of attainment were published in April in its final report. Michael D. Wilson, deputy head, Carr Hill School, Kirkham, Lancashire, and author of History for Pupils with Learning Difficulties , comments on the recommendations in relation to special educational needs.