ASE Guide To Secondary Science Education (9780863574283)
Essential reading for everyone concerned with the practice of secondary science education.
The 4th edition of this flagship ASE title aims to be a
handbook to support science teachers and those working with them in and
out of school, both at the start of their teaching careers and in years
to come.
This updated edition has been written for all those involved in
secondary school science education. It aims to be a handbook to support
science teachers and those working with them in and out of school, both
at the start of their teaching career and in years to come. All the
authors are writing from a UK perspective, with examples often being
drawn from classrooms in England. However, the good practice described
here is valid and applicable to the majority of contexts across the UK,
and indeed the world, and therefore should be useful to science
educators from a broad set of backgrounds.
This book covers a wide range of topics, from considering why and how
we might teach science, to engaging and motivating the diverse student
community with whom we work, to how to mentor new colleagues. Some of
the chapters offer an engaging overview of important theoretical ideas,
which form a key part of our professional knowledge as teachers. Other
chapters are more focused on developing strategies to use in the
classroom. All the chapters offer opportunities for teachers at various
stages in their careers to question and reflect on their practice in
order to continue their professional learning, including suggested
further reading as and when the reader might want to pursue ideas in
greater depth.
Divided into five sections: Foundations of science education;
Students: all learning science; Science teachers: synthesising learning;
Assessing science; and Science teaching as a profession
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