Teaching Science

ISBN-13: 9780415102537 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 224 str.

Ralph Levinson

Opis

Science education has undergone far-reaching changes in the last 50 years. The articles collected together in this reader examine how we have reached our present consensus and what theories we now use to explain how children learn science. The central sections of the reader examine how all this can be translated into effective and stimulating teaching, how learning can be most accurately and fairly assessed and how the impact of gender, ethnicity and other factors on children's performance can be addressed in methods of teaching which make science accessible to all. The articles in the final section of the book are a reminder that the debate is not finished yet and raise some challenging questions about what science education is and what it is for.

Spis treści

General introduction Part 1: The Science Curriculum: where from, where to? 1. The laboratory comes of age 2. Why the science curriculum changes Part 2: A picture of reality 3. Children's beliefs and classroom learning 4. Teaching about electric circuits: a constructivist approach 5. Pause for thought Part 3: The art of teaching in the science curriculum (and some practical ideas) 6. 'Well Mary, what are they saying here?' 7. Group discussions in the classroom 8. Chemical compositions 9. A variety of methods 10. Developing pupils' skills 11. Something to mop up with Part 4: Assessment: a way through 12. Assessing and evaluating in science education Part 5: Making science accessible to all 13. Gender differences in pupils' reaction to practical work 14. Teaching Chemistry to pupils for whom English in a second language part 6: Science education: a debate 15: Redefining and orientating practical work in school science 16. What is scientific method and can it be taught? 17. Practical work in science - a task-based approach 18. The overselling of science education in the eighties

O autorze

Ralph Levinson