Improving Secondary Science Teaching

Author : John Parkinson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415250455
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving Secondary Science Teaching written by John Parkinson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Parkinson encourages teachers to reflect on their current teaching practice and guides them to improving their teaching and, consequently, their pupils learning.

Author : John Parkinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317893727
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Effective Teaching of Secondary Science written by John Parkinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Effective Teaching of Secondary Science encourages the trainee teacher to develop effective skills for teaching science to secondary school pupils. The comprehensive coverage of topics and issues provides good foundations for trainee teachers who are encouraged to test and evaluate different techniques. Practical advice is offered in areas such as lesson planning, the preparation of worksheets, planning practical activities and safety in the laboratory. The book also discusses the use of information technology as well as multicultural and gender issues and the teaching of pupils with special needs. Much of the work covered is undepinned by areas of educational research such as educational theory and psychology and sociology of education. Information on the requirements of the national curriculum and on post-16 science courses is given and includes a number of assessment techniques for the problematic area of assessing science attainment target 1.

Author : Erin Marie Furtak
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1412972205
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Formative Assessment for Secondary Science Teachers written by Erin Marie Furtak and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book places students center stage in the discussion of how we know what students know. Using formative assessment to understand student learning is a theme grounded in good teaching and good assessment!' - Jo Topps, Regional Director K-12 Alliance/WestEd 'This book incorporates current research and not only provides an explanation of the necessity of formative assessment, but offers a system for planning lessons and a variety of tools to implement formative assessment in the classroom' - Susan Leeds, Science Department Chair and Gifted Studies Teacher Howard Middle School, Winter Park, FL Research has shown that when teachers use formative assessments effectively, they have a clearer understanding of what students know and are better able to design instruction that meets learners' needs. This practical guide shows teachers how to create and implement formative assessments in their middle and high school science classrooms. Grounded in extensive and solid research, this guide covers all science content areas - physics/physical science, life science/biology, earth and space science, and chemistry - as well as five types of formative assessments: big idea questions, concept maps, evidence-to-explanation, predict-observe-explain, and multiple choice. Teachers will find additional support in: - Richly detailed, concrete examples of the five types of assessments - In-depth guidelines for implementing the assessments - Brief case studies with transcript excerpts that demonstrate how teachers have used formative assessments - Easy-to-use templates to help analyze lessons in current units and identify places for inserting formative assessments With this easy-to-use, hands-on guide, any teacher can learn how to use formative assessment strategies to improve student achievement in science.

Author : Aaron J. Sickel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9463008810
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing and Teaching the Secondary Science Methods Course written by Aaron J. Sickel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The improvement of science education is a common goal worldwide. Countries not only seek to increase the number of individuals pursuing careers in science, but to improve scientific literacy among the general population. As the teacher is one of the greatest influences on student learning, a focus on the preparation of science teachers is essential in achieving these outcomes. A critical component of science teacher education is the methods course, where pedagogy and content coalesce. It is here that future science teachers begin to focus simultaneously on the knowledge, dispositions and skills for teaching secondary science in meaningful and effective ways. This book provides a comparison of secondary science methods courses from teacher education programs all over the world. Each chapter provides detailed descriptions of the national context, course design, teaching strategies, and assessments used within a particular science methods course, and is written by teacher educators who actively research science teacher education. The final chapter provides a synthesis of common themes and unique features across contexts, and offers directions for future research on science methods courses. This book offers a unique combination of ‘behind the scenes’ thinking for secondary science methods course designs along with practical teaching and assessment strategies, and will be a useful resource for teacher educators in a variety of international contexts.

Author : Hillier Krieghbaum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Improve Secondary School Science and Mathematics Teaching written by Hillier Krieghbaum and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adam Boxer
Publisher : John Catt
ISBN 13 : 1914351754
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Secondary Science: A Complete Guide written by Adam Boxer and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching science is no simple task. Science teachers must wrestle with highly abstract and demanding concepts, ideas which have taken humanity's greatest minds thousands of years to formulate and refine. Communicating these great and awesome theories involves careful forethought and planning. We need to deliver crystal clear explanations, guide students as they develop their embryonic knowledge and then release them to develop their thinking independently, all the while curating and tending to their long-term understanding as it develops over time. In Teaching Secondary Science: A Complete Guide, Adam breaks down the complex art of teaching science into its component parts, providing a concrete and comprehensive set of evidence-informed steps to nurturing brilliant science students. Adam hopes that you find this book interesting, but his main aim is for you to find it useful. Useful when it comes to sketching out your curriculum, useful when preparing your explanations, useful for mapping out how you will check student understanding and useful for all other aspects of science teaching. This is a truly complete guide, and science teachers of any experience will find it packed with ideas that are new, challenging, interesting and, most importantly, useful.

Author : Barry J. Fraser
Publisher : National Society For The Study Of Ed
ISBN 13 : 9780226260983
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving Science Education written by Barry J. Fraser and published by National Society For The Study Of Ed. This book was released on 1995-07-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specialists from Australia, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States present a broad range of perspectives for improving science education in primary and secondary schools. This volume offers educators and researchers a glimpse at what peers from around the world have done to help science students achieve high levels of success. The introduction is a concise account of worldwide reform movements, from modernizations in the 1950s that dramatically improved the teaching of chemistry and physics to such changes in the 1980s as the emphasis on the learning-to-learn approach and the trend toward using social issues as a vehicle for teaching science. The nine essays survey topics that include teaching inquiry skills and other techniques to foster a joy of science; creating an understanding of real-world applications of science; managing course instruction with computers; encouraging teachers to adopt new styles of teaching; cross-national comparisons of science achievement; and the differences between boys and girls in attitude, learning, and degree of participation.

Author : Ian Abrahams
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 184706504X
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Work in Secondary Science written by Ian Abrahams and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide To The theory and practice of teaching minds-on practical work in secondary science.

Author : Keith Ross
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317564081
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Secondary Science written by Keith Ross and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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: Illustrative and engaging lesson plans for use in the classroom Help for pupils to construct new scientific meanings M-level support materials Advice on teaching ‘difficult ideas’ in biology, chemistry, physics and earth sciences Education for sustainable development and understanding climate change Managing the science classroom and health and safety in the laboratory Support for talk for learning, and advice on numeracy in science New chapters on e-learning and supporting learners with English as a second language. 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.

Author : Millar, John
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 033520645X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving Science Education written by Millar, John and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes stock of where we are in science education research, and considers where we ought now to be going. It explores how and whether the research effort in science education has contributed to improvements in the practice of teaching science and the science curriculum. It contains contributions from an international group of science educators. Each chapter explores a specific area of research in science education, considering why this research is worth doing, and its potential for development. Together they look candidly at important general issues such as the impact of research on classroom practice and the development of science education as a progressive field of research. The book was produced in celebration of the work of the late Rosalind Driver. All the principal contributors to the book had professional links with her, and the three sections of the book focus on issues that were of central importance in her work: research on teaching and learning in science; the role of science within the school curriculum and the nature of the science education we ought to be providing for young people; and the achievements of, and future agenda for, research in science education.