SCIENCE AND WHY WE TEACH IT -- Practical work in science -- Observation always has purpose -- Science, sustainability and citizenship -- HOW CHILDREN MAKE SENSE OF THEIR WORLD -- Language and learning -- Children's ideas of the world -- A constructivist approach to learning -- Active learning techniques -- Children learning through talking -- Children learning through reading -- Children learning through writing -- When we start to use numbers -- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING -- Difficult ideas in chemistry -- Difficult ideas in physics -- Difficult ideas in biology -- Learning at key stage 3 -- PLANNING, ASSESSMENT, TEACHING AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT -- Planning, progression and tracking -- Formative assessment: responding to the pupils' work -- Summative assessment -- Assessment of scientific enquiry -- Preparing for classroom management -- Managing pupils in the laboratory -- Health, safety and laboratory management -- Teaching and learning at 14 to 19 -- PROFESSIONAL VALUES AND PRACTICE -- Use of ICT -- Inclusion and science for all -- Learning outside the classroom -- Becoming a professional teacher.
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This text provides a new approach to science teaching for student teachers, newly qualified and established science teachers wishing to re-examine their practice and upgrade their skills.
Science-- Study and teaching (Secondary)-- Great Britain.