Good Practice In Science Teaching
What Research Has To Say
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2010
367 pages
978-0-335-23859-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the major areas of research and scholarship in science education and discusses the significance, reliability and implications for the practice of science teaching.
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Jonathan Osborne | Justin Dillon
Good Practice in Science Teaching: What Research Has to Say
What research has to say
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Content
- Front cover
- Half title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Contributors
- Introduction: Research matters? - Jonathan Osborne and Justin Dillon
- 1 Science teachers, science teaching: Issues and challenges - Justin Dillon and Alex Manning
- 2 How science works: What is the nature of scientific reasoning and what do we know about students' understanding? - Jonathan Osborne and Justin Dillon
- 3 Science for citizenship - Jonathan Osborne
- 4 Thinking about learning: Learning in science - Jill Hohenstein and Alex Manning
- 5 Science teaching and Cognitive Acceleration - Philip Adey and Natasha Serret
- 6 Practical work - Robin Millar
- 7 The role of language in the learning and teaching of science - Maria Evagorou and Jonathan Osborne
- 8 Technology-mediated learning - Mary Webb
- 9 Formative assessment in science - Paul Black and Christine Harrison
- 10 Summative assessment: Gold or glitter? - Julian Swain
- 11 Students' attitudes to science - Shirley Simon and Jonathan Osborne
- 12 Supporting science learning in out-of-school contexts - Heather King and Melissa Glackin
- 13 Supporting the development of effective science teachers - John K. Gilbert
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back cover
