This sixth edition includes a new introductory chapter addressing readers' preconceptions and concerns about teaching primary science.
This bestselling text explains the principles of constructivism and their implications for learning and teaching. It also discusses core strategies for developing science understanding and science inquiry processes and skills.
Teaching Primary Science Constructively
This substantially revised edition incorporates recent research findings related to student learning, as well as teaching, from a constructivist perspective and highlights how teaching emphases have changed over the last few years.
Each topic-focused chapter: suggests ways to reflect on and challenge your own ideas about learning science, teaching science and the topic's key scientific concepts; offers suggestions for improving your own understanding of the topic; ...
Subsequent chapters then provide research-based ideas for implementing a constructivist approach within a number of content strands.This substantially revised edition incorporates recent research findings related to student learning, as ...