Books written by Peter Ovens

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  Understanding Primary 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.

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  Reflective Teacher Development in Primary Science

  Someone with experience of making such assessments can develop what Eisner (1985) calls an educational connoisseurship of evaluation. Following Eisner, the criteria of assessment could be ones which are emergent from the development ...

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  Understanding Primary Science

  In 1806 a naval officer, Commander (later Admiral Sir) Francis Beaufort, devised a 12-point scale which linked the speed of the wind to the effects which it is likely to have, at sea and on land. The Beaufort Scale is still used to ...

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  Reflective Teacher Development in Primary Science

  Taking curiosity as a pre-condition for good learning, Ovens shows that it is possible to increase the desire to learn more and learn better, to improve confidence in the ability to inquire, to imbue pupils with the courage to seek ...

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  Developing Inquiry for Learning: Reflecting Collaborative Ways to Learn How to Learn in Higher Education

  Schön, D. (1983) The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. London: Temple Smith. ... Winter, R., Buck, A. and Sobiechowska, P. (1999) Professional Experience and the Investigative Imagination. London: Routledge.

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  Understanding Primary Science

  Giving primary teachers the background knowledge they need to plan effective programs of work and answer children's questions with confidence, the Third Edition of this popular text now also includes a CD containing 200 science ...

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  Understanding Primary 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.