ShahnazAhmedAOLE11.42018

What is the importance of teaching literature in Primary education? Literacy is a worldly skill allowing us to read, write, communicate and listen effectively to help us understand things which are complex (National Literacy Trust, 2017).   Literacy is a skill which is needed for almost everything, lacking this skill will put one at a disadvantage and would be extremely difficult for one to go to school, find a good job therefore social mobility and even tough for one on a day to day basis (National Literacy Trust, 2017). Literacy is one of the core subjects and is being tested by many including one of the tests for the PISA score and the UK has low scores for literacy Wales having the lowest in the UK (Hume, 2016). Wales new curriculum has been based a lot on improving these scores. Donaldson has created this curriculum so that the key skills and subjects such as literacy and numeracy are the main focus and can be developed in every aspect of the curriculum and every lesso...

What can be done to improve attitudes towards maths? There is a stigma around Mathematics and as children get older they tend to lose interest in the subject, females in particular (Anon, 2008, p.9). Parents play a big part in their children’s attitudes as some parents may stereo type and influence their children into what subjects, roles and paths that they should pursue (Anon, 2008, p.9) and socialisation from the home is the primary form so they will imitate their parents, see them as role models and have the same beliefs and adapt the same way of thinking as their parents Baumeister (1986) notes that family socialisation gives a child an identity, when a child is young they are easily influenced, therefore primary socialisation is the most effective to them. Math anxiety is also something that people are unaware of which also needs to be helped in order to change attitudes towards maths. Kirkland experienced Math anxiety with one of her students and she found that it was a ...