Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- Series editor's preface -- Introduction -- The background -- Three broad stages of role development -- Managing the curriculum content -- The National Curriculum content areas -- A broad view of mathematics -- Teaching and learning mathematics -- Parents and mathematics -- Professional development -- Recent changes -- A successful maths programme for children -- Developments in curriculum planning -- Developing a policy for mathematics -- Long-term planning -- Medium-term planning -- Short-term planning -- Monitoring the planning -- Assessment -- Managing resources -- Useful contacts -- References -- Index.