1st Edition

Cross Curricular Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School... Science

By Eleanor Byrne, Marilyn Brodie Copyright 2012
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

Using a cross-curricular focus, this book brings together ongoing debates about personalised learning, creativity and ICT in education, and establishes a principled framework for cross-curricular teaching and learning in Science. It identifies a range of key issues and aims to strengthen in-school science practices by introducing ways of teaching rigorous science through, and alongside, other... Read more

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Context for Cross-Curricular Teaching and Learning; Chapter 2 . Understanding science and its place within the curriculum; Chapter 3. Tackling cross-curricular science teaching – three case studies of current teacher practice; Chapter 4. Cross-curricular practice. Science and Mathematics; Chapter 5. Cross-curricular practice. Science, ICT and Technology; Chapter 6. Cross-curricular practice. Science and English; Chapter 7. Science and the Humanities; Chapter 8. Science and the Arts; Chapter 9. The assessment of cross-curricular teaching in science; Chapter 10. Conclusion: The future for cross-curricular science

Biography

Eleanor Byrne is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. She specialises in cross-curricular teaching and learning in science and teacher-led continuing professional development. She has written and developed various cross-curricular classroom resources and has expertise in science education during the transition from primary to secondary school.

Marilyn Brodie is a Principal Lecturer in Science Education at the Centre for Science Education, Sheffield Hallam University. She has almost 40 years experience in science education having been a secondary school science teacher, a further and higher education lecturer and teacher educator. She has worked on a range of national and international curriculum development and education research projects.

"I would strongly recommend this book as a source of support and stimulus for science departments who wish to undertake enrichment of the curriculum, to enhance collaboration with their non-science colleagues or simply to make learning more relevant and accessible"- Jane Essex, The Journal of Education in Chemistry, November 2012