Table of Contents

Foreword; 1. Background to the study 2. Our Research 3. The Project Schools: Approaches to Teaching and to Parents 4. The Project Schools: Observation of the Children 5. The Parents’ Role in Infant Schooling 6. School Attainment and Progress: Ethnic Group, Sex, and School Effects 7. Factors at Home Associated with Children’s Pre-school Skills and Their Later School Progress 8. Factors at School Affecting Progress and Attainment 9. The Child’s Point of View 10. Progress Through the Infant School: Explanatory Models 11. A Summary and Some Implications; References; Appendices; Indices

About the Author

Barbara Tizard, Peter Blatchford, Jessica Burke, Clare farquhar, Ian Plewis