How to teach science engagingly and effectively is high on the education and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) agenda. This book describes the thesis which set out to understand how and why teachers pedagogy influences the nature of pupils learning together. The study examined how social interactions may benefit or impede cognitive development, and thus inform the teaching approach required in a secondary school setting, to support effective pupil learning. Teachers and pupils perspectives of learning in groups, to carry out practical tasks, were compared and...

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.

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.