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In recognizing that new teachers often feel disempowered by the subject expertise they bring into teaching, this book not only covers the training standards for NQTs and the Induction Standards, but takes the reader beyond this by fully exploring issues relating to subject knowledge in learning to teach. Divided into three sections the book covers: framing the subject - defining subject knowledge and focusing on questions about science as a school subject teaching the subject - looking at pedagogical, curricular and pupil knowledge science within the professional community - focusing on the place of science within the wider curriculum and the teaching community. This refreshing new book provides stimulating assistance to subject specialists, from new teachers of science in the early years of professional development to those on a PGCE course or in their induction year. It is also suitable for subject leaders with mentor responsibilities and Advanced Skills Teachers undertaking specialist inset and teaching support.
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111 2 Science 011 111 0111 When science specialists decide they want to teach, it can be a daunting prospect having to enter the classroom no matter how much subject knowledge they already possess. Science: Teaching School Subjects 11–19 puts subject knowledge into perspective and shows new teachers and trainee teachers how to make science accessible and interesting for their students. The book examines the theory and practice of teaching science and includes: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Science as a school subject Teaching science in the secondary school Reflecting on science learning – the place of educational research Developing science teachers’ professional skills Future developments in school science. This book offers a guide for the intellectually alive teacher into the nature of the subject in its entirety and how to think about science when preparing to teach. 0111 111 111 Vanessa Kind is Deputy Director, Science Learning Centre North East, University of Durham. Keith Taber is Lecturer in Science Education and Programme Manager for the Part-Time Ph.D. in Education at the University of Cambridge. Teaching School Subjects 11–19 Series Series Editors: John Hardcastle and David Lambert Mathematics Candia Morgan, Anne Watson, Clare Tikly English John Hardcastle Geography John Morgan and David Lambert Science Vanessa Kind and Keith Taber Modern Foreign Languages Edited by Norbert Pachler, Michael Evans and Shirley Anne Lawes Business, Economics and Enterprise Edited by Peter Davies and Jacek Brant 111 011 0111 Science: Teaching School Subjects 11–19 Vanessa Kind and Keith S. Taber First published 2005 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2005 Vanessa Kind and Keith Taber 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 A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-203-02075-8 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0–415–36358–6 (hbk) I