Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School

A Companion to School Experience
5. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-367-62666-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 346 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 621 g

Reihe: Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series

Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School is an indispensable guide to the process, practice, and reality of learning to teach science in a busy secondary school. Written by experienced teachers and expert academics, it explores core debates and topics in science education, providing practical and insightful advice with research and theory to support your development as a teacher.

This fully updated fifth edition focuses on the knowledge and skills you will need to develop your science teaching including key approaches to teaching physics, chemistry, and biology, lesson and curriculum planning, and assessment. There are also new chapters on:

- Safety in science teaching

- The science of learning for teaching science

- Mathematics and learning science

- Science for social justice

- Inclusive and adaptive science teaching

- Making use of research: practical guidance for science teachers

Written with university and school-based initial teacher education in mind and including learning objectives, lists of useful resources, and specially designed tasks in every chapter Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School offers all student and early career teachers accessible and comprehensive guidance to support the journey of becoming an effective science teacher.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hetherington, Lindsay

Graham, Luke

Moore, Darren

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION

1 BECOMING A SCIENCE TEACHER

2 USING REFLECTION, EVALUATION, AND METACOGNITION IN LEARNING TO TEACH SCIENCE

3 SAFETY IN SCIENCE TEACHING

4 THE NATURE OF SCIENCE

5 TEACHING BIOLOGY

6 TEACHING CHEMISTRY

7 TEACHING PHYSICS

8 PLANNING FOR PROGRESSION IN SCIENCE

9 THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING

10 CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHES TO LEARNING AND TEACHING SCIENCE

11 MODELS AND MODELLING IN SCIENCE TEACHING

12 USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT LEARNING AND TEACHING IN SCIENCE

13 PRACTICAL WORK

14 LANGUAGE AND LEARNING SCIENCE

15 MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM

16 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN SCIENCE

17 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN SCIENCE

18 INCLUSIVE AND ADAPTIVE SCIENCE TEACHING

19 TEACHING SCIENCE FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

20 IS EDUCATION RESEARCH VALUABLE FOR TEACHERS OF SCIENCE?

21 PUTTING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE

References

Über Autor(innen)

Lindsay Hetherington is Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of Exeter, UK.

Luke Graham is Lecturer in Education at the University of Exeter, UK.

Darren Moore is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Exeter, UK.