Teaching Secondary Science: Constructing meaning and developing understanding

by Ross; Keith

• ISBN13: 9780415468862
• ISBN10: 0415468868
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-03-22
• Publisher: David Fulton Pu

Summary

Now fully updated in its third edition, Teaching Secondary Science is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of science teaching, providing a wealth of information and ideas about different approaches. With guidance on how children understand scientific ideas and the implications this has for teaching, teachers are encouraged to construct their own meanings and become reflective in their practice. Relating science to government agendas, such as the National Strategies, Assessment for Learning and Every Child Matters, this new edition reflects on and maps changes to national standards.

Author Biography

Keith Ross is a former teaching fellow in Science Education at the University of Gloucestershire, and now, partly retired, helps to run the www.scitutiors.org.uk website Liz Lakin is Lecturer in Science Education at the University of Cumbria, Lancaster. Janet McKechnie is Secondary Science Leader for the Secondary Science PGCE at GITEP at the University of Gloucestershire. She also teaches physics as an AST at Pate's Grammar School, Gloucestershire.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
List of abbreviations	p. xiv
Science and Why We Teach It	p. 1
What Makes a Good Science Teacher?	p. 3
How Science Works	p. 10
Science Education and Sustainability	p. 23
How Children Make Sense of Their World	p. 29
Learning through Language and Observation	p. 31
Elicitation: Children's Ideas of the World	p. 41
A Constructivist Approach to Learning	p. 56
Active Learning Techniques	p. 63
Children Learning through Talking	p. 70
Children Learning through Reading	p. 77
Children Learning through Writing	p. 83
Numeracy in Science	p. 89
Knowledge and Understanding	p. 99
Difficult Ideas in Chemistry	p. 101
Difficult Ideas in Physics	p. 120
Difficult Ideas in Biology	p. 128
Difficult Ideas in Earth Science and Astronomy	p. 139
Planning, Assessment, Teaching and Class Management	p. 149
Planning for Progression	p. 151
Assessment for Learning in Science	p. 158
Assessment of How Science Works	p. 165
Managing Pupils in Science Lessons	p. 173
Health, Safety and Laboratory Management	p. 183
Teaching and Learning at 14-19	p. 196
Professional Values and the Wider World	p. 203
Inclusion and Science for All: Every Child Matters	p. 205
Learning Outside the Classroom	p. 217
Becoming a Professional Science Teacher	p. 225
References	p. 237
Index	p. 241
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