Introduction, Rosemary Webb; Chapter 1 The Origins and Aspirations of Practitioner Research, Rosemary Webb; Chapter 2 Why do Pirates have Peg Legs?, Doreen Gregson; Chapter 3 Towards Reading?, Beatrice Reed; Chapter 4 Writing in the Infant Classroom, Linda Russell; Chapter 5 Information Gathering in Topic Work, Rosemary Webb; Chapter 6 Language Counts in the Teaching of Mathematics, Susan Wright; Chapter 7 A Process Approach to Science, Virginia Winter; Chapter 8 Culture and Behaviour:, Avrille McCann; Chapter 9 Towards a Policy of Equal Opportunities through Research, Jenny Vickers; Chapter 10 Procedural Rules in the Management of Pupils in the Primary School, Alastair Horbury; Chapter 11 The Processes and Purposes of Practitioner Research, Rosemary Webb;