Dramatic Science: Inspired Ideas for Teaching Science Using Drama Ages 5-11

ISBN-13: 9780415536752 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 254 str.

Debra McGregor; Wendy Precious

Opis

Dramatic Science is an invaluable tool for any Key stage 1 teachers and primary science leaders. It will also be of use for elementary teachers (overseas) who have classes of 5 - 8 year olds. It provides the busy professional with a range of tried and tested techniques to use drama as a support and aid to the teaching of science to young children. The techniques within this book offer innovative and creative strategies for teaching a challenging area of the curriculum and broadening teachers' own scientific knowledge and understanding.

Spis treści

1 Introduction  2 On-the-Table  3 Spontaneous Role-Play  4 Hot Seating  5 Miming Movement  6 Freeze frame and Tableaux  7 Modelling  8 Mind Movies  9 Mini Historical Play and Monologues  10 The Thematic Approaches  11 Assessment  12 Conceptual Understanding 

O autorze

Debra McGregor works in the School of Education at Oxford Brookes University. She has worked within primary, secondary and tertiary education, in both the USA and the UK. She has been involved in producing innovative curriculum materials as well as researching and writing about teaching and learning processes. Wendy Precious works across the West Midlands as a Primary Science Education Consultant for Entrust (formerly Staffordshire LA). She is also a tutor for the Science Learning Centre, and a Hub Leader and Assessor for the Primary Quality Mark. She has developed effective and creative teaching resources, and coaches and mentors education professionals to reflect on and improve science learning within the classroom, the whole school and the local community.