Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience [Hardcover]

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. 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.

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 teachers 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.

INTRODUCTION

1          BECOMING A SCIENCE TEACHER

2          USING REFLECTION, EVALUATION, AND METACOGNITION IN LEARNING TO TEACH SCIENCE

3          SAFETY IN SCIENCE TEACHING

4          THE NATURE OF SCIENCE

5          TEACHING BIOLOGY

6          TEACHING CHEMISTRY

7          TEACHING PHYSlÓ)