Secondary Science: Contemporary Issues and Practical Approaches

In this practical resource for teachers in training and their mentors, Jerry Wellington addresses some of the major questions on every aspect of science teaching including: * Planning * Differentiation * Assessment, including the assessment of practical work and investigations * Practical work * Problem solving and investigations * IT in science teaching * Handling sensitive issues, e.g. sex education * Building on children's prior learning Throughout, practical guidance is accompanied by suggestions for discussion, activities for individual and group use and annotated lists of further reading aimed at helping the reader to build up a personal approach to the teaching of the subject. Students will also be helped by the glossaries of specialist terminology and by the references to National Curriculum attainment targets at every point in the book.