Understanding Core Skills and Influences in Primary School Science Learning: Taking a Scientific Approach

Recent years have seen substantial improvements in the teaching of reading and early arithmetic based on rigorous analysis of the component learning skills involved in these areas and of the ways they are developed. Despite the importance attached to science, there has been very little comparable work that might provide a steer to primary school teachers on how to help put in place key early skills in this area of learning. In this lecture, Professor Andy Tolmie explores what lies behind re...