Primary Science Taking the Plunge

Name: Primary Science Taking the Plunge
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ISBN: 9780325003863

ISBN-10: 0325003866

ISBN-13: 9780325003863

Edition: 2nd 2001

Authors: Wynne Harlen, Joseph Elstgeest, Jelly

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This is an incredibly useful and practical resource for teachers in elementary and middle schools. . . . The revised text is written not only for generalist teachers, but offers many useful insights for science specialists/curriculum leaders. - Momentum When Primary Science was first published, it provided such valuable insight into the teacher's role in the science classroom that it quickly became the standard against which all other methods texts were measured. Now, sixteen years later, Wynne Harlen has revised her classic text, updating it with the most recent and pertinent research, while preserving the parts that have endured and need no change. Primary Science is written for…

Book details

List price: $39.87
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 8/23/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.34" tall
Weight: 0.704

Professor Wynne Harlen is one of the key international figures in primary science. She was most recently head of the Scottish Council for Research in Education and is now retired.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Why Science? What Science?


Why Science?


What Science?


How?


Summary of Main Points



Bringing Children and Science Together


Motivation for Learning


Use of Evidence


The Classroom Atmosphere


Summary of Main Points



The Right Question at the Right Time (Jos Elstgeest)


What Is a "Wrong" Question?


Productive Questions


Teachers' How and Why Questions


Children's How and Why Questions


Teachers' Explanations


Summary of Main Points



Helping Children Raise Questions--and Answering Them (Sheila Jelly)


Improving Teachers' Questioning Skills


Establishing a Classroom Climate Conducive to Children's Question Asking


Handling Children's Spontaneous Questions


Summary of Main Points



Taking Children's Own Ideas Seriously


Examples of Children's Ideas


Why Might Children Hold These Ideas?


Finding Out Children's Ideas


What Can We Do to Change Children's Ideas?


Involving the Children


Summary of Main Points



Helping Children to Plan and Interpret Investigations


Different Kinds of Investigations


Planning Investigations


The Skills Involved in Planning


Interpreting Findings


Ways of Helping Children's Planning


Summary of Main Points



Helping Children to Observe


About Observation


Aspects of Observation


The Teacher's Role


Summary of Main Points



Helping Children to Communicate


Discussion


Children's Notebooks/Journals


Drawing, Painting, and Modeling


Summary of Main Points



Assessing for Learning


Meanings and Purposes


Why Formative Assessment?


Using Assessment to Adapt Teaching


Feedback from Teacher to Children


Children Assessing Their Own Work


Summary of Main Points


References


Index