A secure knowledge of primary science is essential for the trainee teacher. Clear subject knowledge and understanding is the foundation of confident, creative, and effective teaching. Written to help the UK's trainee primary teachers develop and consolidate their knowledge of science, this new fourth edition has been completely revised and updated. The text is structured around the current UK curriculum and incorporates the Primary National Strategy. All content is linked to the 2007 Qualified Teacher Status Standards and new links are made to the Early Years Foundation Stage.
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About the Author:
Rob Johnsey, formerly a primary school teacher, lectured in primary science in the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick for several years. Currently, he is on a VSO teaching placement in the Maldives. Graham Peacock is Principal Lecturer in Education at Sheffield Hallam University. He has taught children across the primary and secondary age ranges. John Sharp is Lecturer in Science Education at the Research and Graduate School of Education, University of Southampton. He has a long-standing research interest in how children learn, particularly in the Earth and Space sciences. Debbie Wright is the BEd (Primary) Programme Director at Rolle School of Education, Univeristy of Plymouth. She has extensive experience of primary teaching, and of lecturing in primary science education.
Review:
"Concise, comprehensive and makes scientific knowledge readily accessible to non science specialists." - Lecturer, Southampton University
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- PublisherLearning Matters
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1844452786
- ISBN 13 9781844452781
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number4
- Number of pages215
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