Develops secure subject knowledge for primary science with the ability to test understanding through the new online resources.
Author: Graham Peacock
Publisher: Learning Matters
ISBN: 9781526422736
Category: Education
Page: 288
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Develops secure subject knowledge for primary science with the ability to test understanding through the new online resources.This highly recommended text helps trainee primary teachers develop and consolidate their knowledge of science.
Author: Graham Peacock
Publisher: Learning Matters
ISBN: 9781446297414
Category: Education
Page: 256
View: 441
The essential subject knowledge text for primary science. Secure subject knowledge and understanding is the foundation of confident, creative and effective teaching. This comprehensive text includes interactive tasks, a self assessment section to allow trainees to better understand their level of knowledge and M level extension boxes to provide further challenge in all chapters. This 7th edition: - has been updated in line with the new primary science curriculum - includes a new chapter on 'Thinking Scientifically' - offers comprehensive coverage and research summaries reflecting the latest thinking. This highly recommended text helps trainee primary teachers develop and consolidate their knowledge of science.This volume considers various issues involved in the theory and practice of teaching science at primary level.
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ISBN: OCLC:1091648165
Category: Science
Page: 217
View: 623
This volume considers various issues involved in the theory and practice of teaching science at primary level.With full coverage of the science curriculum, and updated research summaries reflecting the latest thinking, this text is written to help trainee primary teachers develop and consolidate their knowledge of science.
Author: Mr Graham A Peacock
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780857250834
Category: Education
Page: 224
View: 862
The essential subject knowledge text for primary science. Secure subject knowledge and understanding is the foundation of confident, creative and effective teaching. The 5th edition of this popular text has a number of new features including a new self assessment section and M level extension boxes to provide further challenge in all chapters. References to the 2007 QTS Standards and the Early Years Foundation Stage are also included. With full coverage of the science curriculum, and updated research summaries reflecting the latest thinking, this text is written to help trainee primary teachers develop and consolidate their knowledge of science.Now in its Third Edition, this text provides the background knowledge primary teachers need to plan effective programmes of work and answer children's questions with confidence.
Author: Martin Wenham
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1446246523
Category: Education
Page: 296
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Now in its Third Edition, this text provides the background knowledge primary teachers need to plan effective programmes of work and answer children's questions with confidence. The new edition links explanations of scientific concepts with children's everyday experiences to help teachers and trainees foresee how they will present the subject knowledge to their pupils. Shaped by the National Curriculum, this text explains key scientific theories and concepts which pupils at primary level, including very able children, need in order to understand the observations and investigations they undertake. A CD ROM of 200 science investigations for young students is included with the new edition, allowing teachers to explore the practical application of topics covered in the book. This is an essential book for teachers, student teachers and anyone interested in the roots and growth of science education.This is essential reading for all primary science trainee and beginning teachers who want to strengthen their science subject knowledge.
Author: Vivian Cooke
Publisher: Critical Publishing
ISBN: 9781910391525
Category: Education
Page: 144
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This is essential reading for all primary science trainee and beginning teachers who want to strengthen their science subject knowledge. Each chapter tackles a major theme of the new national curriculum and breaks it down into key concepts. For each concept there is a detailed audit to help readers identify their current levels of knowledge and understanding along with areas for development. This is followed by concise definitions, key terminology, detailed examples and ‘in practice’ ideas to clearly relate theory to classroom practice. Finally, readers are invited to re-check their understanding and assess their level of competence at the end of each section. The text enables teachers to feel secure in their subject knowledge and confident about effectively conveying that information to their pupils through appropriate subject-specific pedagogy.The Sixth Edition of this popular book features detailed links to the 2012 Teachers' Standards.
Author: Graham Peacock
Publisher: Learning Matters
ISBN: 144625688X
Category: Education
Page: 224
View: 846
The essential subject knowledge text for primary science. Secure subject knowledge and understanding is the foundation of confident, creative and effective teaching. This comprehensive text includes interactive tasks, a self assessment section to allow trainees to better understand their level of knowledge and M level extension boxes to provide further challenge in all chapters. With full coverage of the science curriculum, and updated research summaries reflecting the latest thinking, this text is written to help trainee primary teachers develop and consolidate their knowledge of science. The Sixth Edition of this popular book features detailed links to the 2012 Teachers' Standards.Covering all the important skills of teaching primary science, the book takes a focused look at all the practical aspects of teaching.
Author: John Sharp
Publisher: Learning Matters
ISBN: 9781526422774
Category: Education
Page: 200
View: 329
Covering all the important skills of teaching primary science, the book takes a focused look at all the practical aspects of teaching.The fourth edition has been updated in line with the new National Curriculum, includes more information on expanding and developing your knowledge of science and is linked to the 2012 Teachers’ Standards.
Author: Jenny Byrne
Publisher: Learning Matters
ISBN: 9781446298176
Category: Education
Page: 88
View: 182
If you are a primary trainee, you must demonstrate a knowledge of science to be recommended for QTS. This popular, widely recommended, text helps you audit your knowledge of science and understand what learning you need to pass your course. A rigorous test helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses and can be revisited at key stages in your course as a tool to monitor and evaluate progress. The fourth edition has been updated in line with the new National Curriculum, includes more information on expanding and developing your knowledge of science and is linked to the 2012 Teachers’ Standards.This book provides a combination of practical lesson ideas and theory, focusing particularly on those areas that research has shown most trainee primary teachers struggle with.
Author: Neil Rutledge
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 9780335240395
Category: Education
Page: 211
View: 292
This book provides a combination of practical lesson ideas and theory, focusing particularly on those areas that research has shown most trainee primary teachers struggle with.The book is an essential textbook for primary science modules and provides teachers, trainers and tutors with a practical and accessible introduction to the fundamental aspects of teaching and learning primary science.
Author: Cross
Publisher: Open University Press
ISBN: 0335263348
Category: Education
Page: 424
View: 519
If you are teaching - or learning - to teach primary science, this is the toolkit to support you! Highly respected and widely used, Essential Primary Science 2E blends essential subject knowledge with a vast array of teacher activities. Updated and revised throughout to reflect the requirements of the new National Curriculum, it covers the essential knowledge and understanding that you need; plus it offers over 200 great ideas for teaching primary science at KS1 and KS2 - so no more late nights thinking up creative new ways to teach key concepts! Written in a friendly and supportive style this new edition offers: Over 200 original and new activities to complement the new curriculum, ready for you to try out in the classroom Tips on how to ensure each lesson includes both practical and investigative elements Suggestions on how to make your lessons engaging, memorable and inclusive How to deal with learners' common scientific misconceptions in each topic Two new chapters on working scientifically and how to tackle assessment New up-to-date web links to quality free resources Drawing on their own extensive teaching experience and understanding of the new National Curriculum, the authors provide the essential guide to teaching primary science for both trainee teachers and qualified teachers who are not science specialists.With a brand new chapter on STEM education, additional guidance on where to find the best resources, and increased emphasis on assessment, story-telling and problem-solving, this book shows how science can offer children pleasure and ...
Author: Peter Loxley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317229445
Category: Education
Page: 432
View: 303
This fully updated third edition brings science subject knowledge and pedagogy together to support, inform and inspire those training to teach primary science. Written in a clear and accessible way, Teaching Primary Science provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of science themes. With a brand new chapter on STEM education, additional guidance on where to find the best resources, and increased emphasis on assessment, story-telling and problem-solving, this book shows how science can offer children pleasure and intellectual satisfaction and help them to develop sound scientific minds. Key features include: Ideas for practice exemplify how you can help children to acquire and use scientific knowledge to satisfy their curiosity about how the natural world works. Something to think about scenarios help to extend and develop your own understanding of key ideas. Examples of classroom situations, dialogues and stories help you see how theory is applied to practice and support you in reflecting on the best methods for teaching. Global Dimension sections offer starting points for discussion and research into how scientific ideas can be positively applied and used to evaluate the impact of human activity on the natural world. Talk Skills and Science Discussion sections enable you to develop children’s scientific knowledge and verbal reasoning skills.A comprehensive guide to the subject knowledge requirements for the teaching of science in the primary school.
Author: Jane Devereux
Publisher: Paul Chapman Educational Publishing
ISBN: UOM:39015050757890
Category: Education
Page: 231
View: 704
A comprehensive guide to the subject knowledge requirements for the teaching of science in the primary school.Understanding the Science in the QCA Scheme Linda Gillard. Preface. My first
memory of a science lesson was in year six at primary school. ... but explains the
scientific concepts that you need to understand in order to teach primary science.
Author: Linda Gillard
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781135035464
Category: Education
Page: 184
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Specifically structured around the QCA schemes of work, this book focuses upon developing the science subject knowledge of the reader up to the standards needed for QTS. It provides: clear explanations of the major science "concepts" a primary teacher needs to teach the National Curriculum effectively illustrations of how this knowledge can be applied in everyday teaching and planning direct links within each chapter to the QCA schemes of work review questions and discussion points to aid understanding and comprehension.This book has been written to support the subject knowledge learning of all
primary trainee teachers on courses of Initial TeacherTraining (ITT) in England
and other parts of the UK where a secure subject knowledge and understanding
of ...
Author: Jenny Byrne
Publisher: Learning Matters
ISBN: 9780857255419
Category: Science
Page: 80
View: 532
This book supports trainees on primary initial teacher training courses where a secure knowledge and understanding of science is required for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). A rigorous test enables trainees to identify their strengths and weaknesses in science and this can be revisited in order to monitor and evaluate progress towards QTS. Trainees are able to direct their studies more usefully and quickly develop confidence in topics they find difficult. This edition is fully up to date with the 2007 QTS Standards.This book is intended as the essential book for those teaching and training to teach primary science.
Author: Cross, Alan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill International
ISBN: 9780335234615
Category: Education
Page: 318
View: 901
This book is intended as the essential book for those teaching and training to teach primary science. All trainee primary teachers have to revisit their own science knowledge during their teacher training as well as having to learn how to teach the key elements of the primary science curriculum. This book focuses on the essential science knowledge required for trainee primary school teachers, as well as the best ways to teach it. There are a number of books on the market, which focus on subject knowledge for primary school teachers but these tend to go beyond what is required and include aspects not taught in primary schools. The strength and the appeal of the content of this book is that it covers the essential aspects of subject knowledge and, more importantly, includes a whole heap of practical ideas on how to teach the concepts. ..This sixth edition includes a new introductory chapter addressing readers' preconceptions and concerns about teaching primary science.
Author: Keith Skamp
Publisher: Cengage AU
ISBN: 9780170379717
Category: Science
Page: 589
View: 650
Teaching Primary Science Constructively helps readers to create effective science learning experiences for primary students by using a constructivist approach to learning. This best-selling text explains the principles of constructivism and their implications for learning and teaching, and discusses core strategies for developing science understanding and science inquiry processes and skills. Chapters also provide research-based ideas for implementing a constructivist approach within a number of content strands. Throughout there are strong links to the key ideas, themes and terminology of the revised Australian Curriculum: Science. This sixth edition includes a new introductory chapter addressing readers' preconceptions and concerns about teaching primary science.Yet, the end product is not by any means a comprehensive 'one-stop shop' for
primary teachers who wish to supplement their science knowledge and
understanding. There are other, very good publications on the market that would
better fulfil ...
Author: Allen, Michael
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 9780335262663
Category: Education
Page: 328
View: 377
This book offers appropriate teaching strategies to help teachers seek out and rectify misconceptions in primary science as and when they arise.Knowledge and Understanding Jenny Kennedy ... Natural materials and the
development of planet Earth are included within the subject of Earth science. It
includes disciplines such as geology, meteorology, astronomy and hydrology
and ...
Author: Jenny Kennedy
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781134525867
Category: Education
Page: 228
View: 245
Many primary school teachers feel that they do not have sufficient knowledge or understanding of scientific subjects, simply because they are not science specialists. Written in clear jargon free style, this book takes a step-by-step approach to all the topics of the National Curriculum for science at Key Stages 1 and 2. Throughout, it gives useful illustrations and real life examples to demonstrate the ideas being raised.