5th Edition
Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School A Companion to School Experience
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.
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
List of Tasks
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
LINDSAY HETHERINGTON, DARREN MOORE, AND LUKE GRAHAM
1 BECOMING A SCIENCE TEACHER
CARO GARRETT AND LINDSAY HETHERINGTON
2 USING REFLECTION, EVALUATION, AND METACOGNITION IN LEARNING TO TEACH SCIENCE
CARO GARRETT
3 SAFETY IN SCIENCE TEACHING
LUKE GRAHAM AND JILL NOAKES
4 THE NATURE OF SCIENCE
MICHAEL J. REISS
5 TEACHING BIOLOGY
LUKE GRAHAM
6 TEACHING CHEMISTRY
ANN CHILDS AND VICTORIA WONG
7 TEACHING PHYSICS
JILL NOAKES
8 PLANNING FOR PROGRESSION IN SCIENCE
PAUL DAVIES
9 THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING
NICK POINTER
10 CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHES TO LEARNING AND TEACHING SCIENCE
RICHARD BROCK
11 MODELS AND MODELLING IN SCIENCE TEACHING
LINDSAY HETHERINGTON AND SAM MEAD
12 USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT LEARNING AND TEACHING IN SCIENCE
RICHARD OSBORNE
13 PRACTICAL WORK
STUART RUFFLE
14 LANGUAGE AND LEARNING SCIENCE
JUDITH HILLIER
15 MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM
VICTORIA WONG AND LUKE GRAHAM
16 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN SCIENCE
ED WALSH
17 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN SCIENCE
ED WALSH
18 INCLUSIVE AND ADAPTIVE SCIENCE TEACHING
DARREN MOORE
19 TEACHING SCIENCE FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ANDREW HOWES
20 IS EDUCATION RESEARCH VALUABLE FOR TEACHERS OF SCIENCE?
LEE ELLIOT MAJOR
21 PUTTING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE
JUDITH BENNETT, PETER FAIRHURST, AND ALISTAIR MOORE
References
Index
Biography
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.
"Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School (5th Edition) is a useful guide providing invaluable advice for trainees and early career Science teachers alike. The new chapters on using research equip teachers for the research informed landscape that is shaping modern Science education. A superb addition to any trainee Science teacher’s reading list." – Holly Kirkbride, Director of Science, Ted Wragg Trust
“an authoritative guide, written by experts, which will be important reading for all those involved in science education” – Mark Winterbottom, Professor of Science Education, University of Cambridge.
