Introducing Maria / Gwyneth Dow and Rory Barnes -- Looking at topic-centred teaching / Rory Barnes and Gwyneth Dow -- Curriculum development : A practical view / Noel P. Gough -- The multicultural school or schools in search of their culture / Bill Hannan -- A core curriculum : A political solution to a social crisis / Doug White -- 'Human nature' and educational practice / Rod Foster and Gwyneth Dow -- Yin and Yang / Gwyneth Dow -- And then? / Gwyneth Dow.