Teaching Secondary Science

Keith Ross is a former teaching fellow in Science Education at the University of Gloucestershire, and now, partly retired, helps to run the www.scitutors.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.

Preface Part I: Science and Why We Teach It Introduction 1. What makes a good science teacher? 2. How Science Works 3. Science education and sustainability Part II: How Children Make Sense of Their World Introduction 4. Learning through language and observation 5. Elicitation: children’s ideas of the world 6. A constructivist approach to learning 7. Active learning techniques 8. Children learning through talking 9. Children learning through reading 10. Children learning through writing 11. Numeracy in science Part III: Knowledge and Understanding Introduction 12. Difficult ideas in chemistry 13. Difficult ideas in physics 14. Difficult ideas in biology 15. Difficult ideas in earth science and astronomy Part IV: Planning, Assessment, Teaching and Class Management Introduction 16. Planning for progression 17. Assessment for Learning in science 18. Assessment of `How Science Works’ 19. Managing pupils in science lessons 20. Health, safety and laboratory management 21. Teaching and learning at 14–19 Part V: Professional values and the wider world Introduction 22. Inclusion and science for all: every child matters 23. Learning outside the classroom 24. Becoming a professional science teacher List of abbreviations and acronyms References Index