Primary education Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Definition== The ISCED definition in 1997 posited that '''primary education''' normally started between the ages of 5 – 8 and was designed to give a sound basic education in reading, writing, and mathematics along with an elementary understanding of other subjects. By 2011 the philosophy had changed, the ''elementary understanding of other subjects'' had been dropped in favour of "''to establish a solid foundation for learning''".<ref name= 2011en/> The [[United Nations Children's Fund]] (UNICEF), believes that providing children with primary education has many positive effects. It: * Decreases poverty * Decreases [[child mortality]] rates * Encourages [[gender equality]] * Increases [[environmental concern|environmental understanding]]<ref name="Powell">{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Jen |last2=Moser-Jurling |first2=Jennifer |title=What Is Primary Education? |url=https://learn.org/articles/What_is_Primary_Education.html |website=learn.org |access-date=18 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The ages cited cover a rapidly developing phase of child development. This is studied in the discipline of [[developmental psychology]], which attempts to describe how children learn. In the United Kingdom, reception, the first year of primary school, is part of the [[Early Years Foundation Stage]]. The [[philosophy of education]]—teaching and learning—has, over the millennia, occupied many great minds. It attempts to say what children should be taught. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page