This course book is an invaluable guide to teaching science in the primary classroom. It is designed for all trainees working towards achieving QTS and thus makes specific links to the initial teacher training National Curriculum and the pupils' National Curriculum. It includes classroom scenarios to help trainees make the link between theory and practice as well as ideas for practical activities and summaries of key research.
Teaching and Learning Primary Science
Develops students' confidence and understanding of all key areas of primary science
Primary Science
Learning in science at the primary level includes a chapter on Learning in the Early Years explaining and illustrating the importance of direct experience and talk in the years from birth to age eight.
This Activity Book for Stage 4 contains exercises to support each topic in the Learner's Book, which may be completed in class or set as homework.
Key features of this second edition include: • A new chapter on science in the Early Years • A new practical chapter on how to work scientifically • Master’s-level ‘critical reading’ boxes in every chapter linking topics to ...
With a whole host of ideas for activities, experiments, assessment and increasing parental engagement, this book will help primary teachers develop pupils' knowledge and shape their attitudes towards learning science.
This Learner's Book for Stage 1 covers all objectives required by the curriculum framework in an engaging, visually stimulating manner.
145– 169. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. Fotou, N. (2014) Students' predictions in novel situations and the role of self-generated analogies in their reasoning. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Leeds.
John Sharp, Graham Peacock, Rob Johnsey, Shirley Simon, Robin Smith, Alan Cross, Diane Harris ... Sarah Earle is a lecturer in primary science teaching at Bath Spa University and is the Project Lead for Teacher Assessment in Primary ...