Description
| Product ID: | 9781138833425 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Teaching Secondary Science |
| Subtitle: | Constructing Meaning and Developing Understanding |
| Authors: | Author: Janet McKechnie, Liz Lakin, Keith Ross, Jim Baker |
| Page Count: | 258 |
| Subjects: | Primary and middle schools, Primary & middle schools, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Sciences, general science, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Sciences, general science |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Teaching Secondary Science is a complete guide to all aspects of science teaching, providing a wealth of information and ideas about different practicable approaches. Comprehensively updated in this fourth edition to reflect the increased teaching of climate change, the need for better technical understanding and rapid developments in communications technology, it gives guidance on how students understand scientific ideas and the implications this has for teaching. Presenting an environmentally sustainable, global approach to science teaching, this book is essential reading for all trainee and practising science teachers and provides material suitable for those studying at M Level. The fourth edition of Teaching Secondary Science has been fully updated and includes a wide range of new material. This invaluable resource offers a new collection of sample lesson plans and includes two new chapters covering effective e-learning and advice on supporting learners with English as a second language. It continues as a comprehensive guide for all aspects of science teaching, with a focus on understanding pupils’ alternative frameworks of belief, the importance of developing or challenging them and the need to enable pupils to take ownership of scientific ideas. This new edition supports all aspects of teaching science in a stimulating environment, enabling pupils to understand their place in the world and look after it. Key features include:
Presenting an environmentally sustainable, global approach to science teaching, this book emphasises the need to build on or challenge children’s existing ideas so they better understand the world in which they live. Essential reading for all students and practising science teachers, this invaluable book will support those undertaking secondary science PGCE, school-based routes into teaching and those studying at Masters level. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-06-18 |
