Product Description

This book provides a comprehensive and critical guide to the new and experienced teachers on the teaching and learning of science. It combines an overview of current research with an account of curriculum changes to provide a valuable and practical guide to the business of classroom teaching. The book gives helpful advice and ideas for exploring further on current issues in the teaching of science, including: inclusion planning teaching and setting targets assessment with a focus on assessment for learning the use of ICT in science pedagogy language and literacy in science education the way 'science works' and the nature of science. Each chapter offers references, further reading and recommended websites, which will be especially valuable to those who wish to submit assignments at Masters Level under the new framework for ITT courses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #273162 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 14 pages

From the Back Cover

This book provides a comprehensive and critical guide to the new and experienced teachers on the teaching and learning of science. It combines an overview of current research with an account of curriculum changes to provide a valuable and practical guide to the business of classroom teaching.

The book gives helpful advice and ideas for exploring further on current issues in the teaching of science, including:

• inclusion
• planning teaching and setting targets
• assessment with a focus on assessment for learning
• the use of ICT in science pedagogy
• language and literacy in science education
• the way 'science works' and the nature of science.

Each chapter offers references, further reading and recommended websites, which will be especially valuable to those who wish to submit assignments at Masters Level under the new framework for ITT courses.

Customer Reviews

A good solid overview of science teaching today
So many books about teaching have little relevance or use. But this one is fab! It gives lots of suggestions and ideas about areas such as investigations and uses of ICT whilst discussing the merits and pitfalls of these and other areas in teaching. Clear easy to read with a few pictures to add interest-a good buy

Not good
I bought this book as it was required reading. What a mistake! You need a degree in psychology and English to make sense of it. The author takes half a page to convey something that can be understood by the 'normal' reader in four lines. It over complicates common sense. Don't buy it.

Useful for the PGCE essays
This book is useful for writing those long PGCE essays, but other than that I found it quite dull. I didn't learn much from it that I could actually apply in the classroom.