Cultural Understanding
This is an interesting one. The UK National Curriculum T Key Stage (KS) 3 aims for pupil to recognise that modern science has its roots in many different societies and cultures, and draws on a variety of valid approaches to scientific practice. At KS 4 the curriculum requires that pupils be taught that there are [...]
Scientific Thinking
The first Key Concept of the UK National Curriculum (NC) is entitled “Scientific Thinking”. The aim of science teaching, it states, is for pupils to use scientific ideas and models to explain phenomena and develop them creatively to generate and test theories. They should also learn to critically analyse and evaluate evidence from observations and [...]
UK National Curriculum Intro
In the UK, all state-funded schools have to follow the National Curriculum, which tells teachers what kinds of things pupils should be learning. In addition to a certain amount of content, the aim of the curriculum is to “enable all young people to become: successful learners who enjoy learning, make progress and acheive; confident individuals [...]
Review: When Science Goes Wrong by Simon LeVay
Whenever scientific activities are undertaken there is the potential for it to go wrong. Sometimes that just means that nothing happens – as many science teachers will tell you, after building up their classes expectations! Unfortunately, it also means that bad things may happen as well. This book documents twelve cases in which scientific activities [...]
What is Science?
When somebody hears the word “Science”, it will conjure an idea in their mind. This idea or image will vary depending on that person’s background and experience of science. For some it will be a bespectacled man in a white coat beavering away at a bench laden with bubbling glassware; for others the word will [...]
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