Chapter 1 Introduction, Suzi Clipson-Boyles; Chapter 2 Managing positive behaviour, Sonia Blandford; Chapter 3 1.Parts of this chapter first appeared in the British Journal of Special Education 17(1), 31–4, and these are reproduced with the kind permission of the editor of that journal., Deborah Lucas, Gary Thomas; Chapter 4 Catching up with reading: from classroom research to national project, Diana Bentley, Dee Reid; Chapter 5 Reading and writing arithmetic, Alison Price; Chapter 6 Science: the need for an environmental focus, David Mancey; Chapter 7 An antidote for diffidence in teaching art to children at Key Stage 2, Penny Fowler; Chapter 8 Design and technology: raising the profile of teaching method, Alan Cross; Chapter 9 Developing language and literacy through drama, Suzi Clipson-Boyles; Chapter 10 Understanding, making and using maps, Michael Brown; Chapter 11 Telling the truth? Using stories to teach history to young children, Peter Vass; Chapter 12 Information and communications technology: investigating new frontiers, Jonathan Allen; Chapter 13 Motivating the musically disaffected, Mary Kellett; Chapter 14 Demystifying the core strands in the National Curriculum for physical education, Chris Carpenter; Chapter 15 Researching skills common to religious education and citizenship, Nick Mead;