Science 7-11: Developing Primary Teaching Skills

by Clive Carre, Carrie Ovens

Overview

As one of the core areas of the curriculum, science provides particular challenges, especially to teachers working at the top end of the elementary school range. Science 7-11 invites science teachers working with preteens to examine their practice in the light of current research findings. Clive Carre and Carrie Ovens, both experienced primary teachers themselves, ask what teachers really need to know both about their subject and about their students in order to teach

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415105095
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/1994
Series:	Curriculum in Primary Practice Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Clive Carré, Carrie Ovens

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; A science knowledge base for teaching; Communicating subject knowledge in the classroom; Restructuring children's understanding; Teachers' Planning and Learners' Progression; Assessing processes and content; Attitudes towards science teaching and towards science;