Teaching Primary Science: Promoting Enjoyment and Developing Understanding

by Peter Loxley, Lyn Dawes, Linda Nicolls

Primary Promoting positive attitudes to conceptual learning is a full colour, core textbook to support, inform and inspire anyone training to teach Science at primary level. This book is a new kind of text linking subject knowledge and pedagogy in one package, rather than treating them as separate entities. The text aims to encourage trainee teachers to teach scientific concepts in contexts which will inspire the children to look at the world in new and intriguing ways, rather than presenting it as a list of facts and definitions. Encouraging critical reflection and offering practical support, this book will help trainee teachers to overcome negative attitudes to Science. The two part structure of the book first presents insights into the nature of science and science education, exploring issues such as the value and purpose of teaching Science in the primary school and the value of scientific enquiry. It then moves on to cover subject knowledge, relating it to pedagogy.

392 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2009

Reviews

[Anna (booksandbookends)]

Very useful for revisiting and building subject knowledge with some great practical ideas for using in the classroom.