Children’s Interests and the Primary School Curriculum

The need t o understand the i n t e r e s t s of c h i l d r e n a s a b a s i s f o r
curriculum planning has been expressed by many American writers in various ways (Bruner 1971, Lee and Lee 1960, Havighurst 1974). I n t e r e s t s a r e of concern i n education both as ends and means, t h a t is no o b j e c t i v e s and as motivating force in connection with experiences to attain objectives (Tylor, 1949).