Primary education and the learning manager

This chapter focuses on the Learning Manager in the primary school. The chapter briefly describes the context of the primary school in Australia and examines the concept of who a Learning Manager is and how they go about their job through the identification of key capabilities, knowledges and attributes that characterise a learning manager. A scenario which outlines each attribute will be presented in order to inform the reader of how a learning manager approaches the complex task of teaching in a primary classroom. This chapter will also outline the connection between the attributes of a learning manager and learning design within primary contexts.