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Meeting the Standards in Primary Science provides: primary science subject knowledge the pedagogical knowledge needed to teach science in primary schools support activities for work in schools and self-studyinformation on professional development for primary teachers. This practical, comprehensive and accessible book should prove invaluable for students on primary initial teacher training courses, PGCE students, lecturers on science education programmes and newly qualified primary teachers.
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Meeting the Standards in Primary Science There is increasing pressure on students training to be primary teachers to develop their subject expertise and classroom competence in a short space of time. All students on primary initial teacher training programmes must meet the requirements of Circular 4/98, Teaching: High Status, High Standards (DfEE, 1998) relating to science subject knowledge and subject application. Lynn Newton guides students through what they need to know, using clear explanations and drawing on students’ own knowledge of science. Meeting the Standards in Primary Science provides: • • • • the pedagogical knowledge needed to teach science in primary schools; chapters explicitly linked to blocks of curriculum requirements; support activities for work in schools and self-study; information on professional development for primary teachers. This practical, comprehensive and accessible book should prove invaluable for students on primary initial teacher training courses, PGCE students, lecturers on science education programmes and newly qualified primary teachers. It is one of a series of books that provide subject knowledge and application in English, maths, science and ICT for primary and secondary students and teachers. Lynn D.Newton is Senior Lecturer and Director of Primary Programmes in the School of Education, University of Durham. She has extensive experience researching and writing on science issues for primary teachers and she is the author of Coordinating Science Across the Primary School, also published by RoutledgeFalmer. Meeting the Standards Series Series Editor: Lynn D.Newton, School of Education, University of Durham, Leazes Road, Durham, DH1 1TA Meeting the Standards in Primary English Angel Scott Meeting the Standards in Primary Mathematics Ann MacNamara Meeting the Standards in Primary Science Lynn D.Newton Meeting the Standards in Primary ICT Steve Higgins and Jen Miller Meeting the Standards in Secondary English Frank Hardman, John Williamson, Mike Fleming and David Stevens Meeting the Standards in Secondary Science Marion Jones and Ros Roberts Meeting the Standards in Secondary ICT John Halocha and John Ingram Meeting the Standards in Primary Science A Guide to the ITT NC Lynn D.Newton London and New York First published 2000 by RoutledgeFalmer 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeFalmer 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 RoutledgeFalmer is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002. © 2000 Lynn D.Newton All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Newton, Lynn D., 1953– Meeting the standards in primary science: a guide to the ITT NC/ Lynn D.Newton. p. cm. —(Meeting the standards series) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Science—Study and teaching (Elementary