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Primary Science: Teaching Theory and Practice
This invaluable guide is designed for all trainees working towards Qualified Teacher Status. Covering essential skills of planning, monitoring and assessment and class management, it relates these specifically to primary science teaching. This new, third edition has been completely revised to reflect the latest QTS Standards, Primary National Strategy and other initiatives. Popular, existing features are joined by new reflective tasks and "Moving On" sections, helping trainees build on each chapter and apply their understanding to whole-class issues and longer-term scenarios. New material, for example on children's talk and engagement, has been added to bring the text fully up-to-date.
130 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2007
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John Sharp
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John R. Sharp worked as a linguist and analyst for the U.S. Government for over 40 years, teaching and writing curricula for Modern Standard Arabic and several Arabic dialects. During his studies in Cairo, he became fascinated with Egyptology and the ancient Egyptian language, but was frustrated at not finding a good, searchable index of pharaohs' cartouches (name rings), so he decided to make one himself, a project that took several decades. He lives in Hawaii.
John R. Sharp worked as a linguist and analyst for the U.S. Government for over 40 years, teaching and writing curricula for Modern Standard Arabic and several Arabic dialects. During his studies in Cairo, he became fascinated with Egyptology and the ancient Egyptian language, but was frustrated at not finding a good, searchable index of pharaohs' cartouches (name rings), so he decided to make one himself, a project that took several decades. He lives in Hawaii.
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February 11, 2013
Very straightforward and written in a way that us mere humans of average intellect can understand. Good links to the different areas within science with little examples, research notes and reflection questions scattered throughout to consolidate information.
Aware that this is purely a science book but it is written very much from a discrete subject angle and I was a little surprised at being advised to use ICT to cover the areas that could nicely link in some useful maths work - and if planned so that the science and maths timeslots are together then the overlap of the two areas wouldn't mean a reduced amount of time analysing graphs and coming up with possible conclusions.
An excellent subject book but would have liked to have seen more cross-curricula links.
Aware that this is purely a science book but it is written very much from a discrete subject angle and I was a little surprised at being advised to use ICT to cover the areas that could nicely link in some useful maths work - and if planned so that the science and maths timeslots are together then the overlap of the two areas wouldn't mean a reduced amount of time analysing graphs and coming up with possible conclusions.
An excellent subject book but would have liked to have seen more cross-curricula links.
June 25, 2015
(I have the 2013/2014 edition.)
Fantastic read.
Fantastic read.
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