1st Edition
Mentoring Science Teachers in the Secondary School A Practical Guide
List of illustrations
Tasks
Case studies
Appendices
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
An introduction to the series: Mentoring trainee and newly qualified teachers
Introduction: A practical guide to mentoring science education
SECTION 1 FOUNDATIONS OF MENTORING
1 Models of mentoring
Gill Golder, Alison Keyworth and Clare Shaw
2 About you as a mentor
Nicklas Lindstrom
3 Beginning science teachers’ expectations of their mentors
Stephen P. Day
4 Accountabilities of a reflective mentor
Jodi Roffey-Barentsen and Richard Malthouse
5 Developing a mentor–mentee relationship
Michelle Wormald
SECTION 2 BASIC MENTORING PRACTICES
6 Supporting beginning teachers with lesson planning
Gareth Bates, Ralph Littler, Morag Findlay and Saima Salehjee
7 Supporting beginning science teachers to teach and evaluate their lessons
Morag Findlay, Saima Salehjee and Stavros A. Nikou
8 Pre-lesson discussions, lesson observation and post-lesson discussions in mentoring beginning science teachers
Morag Findlay
9 Holding weekly mentoring meetings
Stephen P. Day
SECTION 3 EXTENDING BASIC MENTORING PRACTICES
10 Supporting beginning teachers to develop pedagogical content knowledge
Michael Allen and Simon Parry
11 Supporting beginning teachers to cope with contingencies
Mike Watts
12 Supporting beginning teachers to develop their ability to assess pupils
Helen Gourlay
13 Supporting beginning teachers to link learning, memory and inquiry
Jonathan Firth
14 Supporting a beginning teacher to apply features of the nature of science
Nqobile Nkala
15 Supporting beginning teachers in embedding scientific literacy
Saima Salehjee and Mike Watts
16 Mentoring beginning teachers in implementing process-oriented guided inquiry learning: An example of an inquiry-based pedagogical approach of teaching science
Sheila S. Qureshi, Adam H. Larson and Venkat Rao Vishnumolakala
SECTION 4 MOVING BEYOND
17 Supporting a beginning teacher to become autonomous
Gareth Bates and Ralph Littler
18 Supporting a beginning teacher to implement extension and enrichment
Jane Essex
19 Supporting beginning teachers to work with pupils with special educational needs and disability
Darren Moore and Alison Black
20 To conclude
Saima Salehjee
References
Author index
Subject index
Biography
Saima Salehjee is a Lecturer in Chemistry Education at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. She is responsible for teaching and research work with particular emphasis on STEM education.
