A Practical Guide to Teaching Science in the Secondary School Routledge Teaching Guides Series

A Practical Guide to Teaching Science in the Secondary School is designed to support student teachers as they develop their teaching skills and increase their broader knowledge and understanding for teaching science. It offers straightforward advice and inspiration on key topics such as planning, assessment, practical work, the science classroom, and on to the broader aspects of teaching science.

This thoroughly updated second edition reflects on new expectations, requirements, and practices in science teaching, with chapters exploring key and contemporary topics such as:

? The nature of science and scientific argument

? The various kinds of thinking emphasised in science and how to exercise them

? How to engage students in learning

? Assessment for and of learning

? Diverse needs and how to meet them

? The use of technology to support teaching and learning

? Learning at a distance.

Designed to be used independently or alongside the popular textbook Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School, this book is packed with revised and updated case studies, examples of pupils? work, and resources and activities in every chapter. It provides everything trainee and early career teachers need to reflect on and develop their teaching practice, helping them to plan lessons across the subject in a variety of teaching situations.

1. What Underpins your Teaching: Some Matters of Science and Science Education 2. Preparing to Teach Science: Planning for Learning 3. In the Classroom: Supporting Learning in Science 4. Assessing Learning in Science in the Classroom 5. Differences 6. Some Broader Aspects of Science Teaching

Douglas P. Newton was a teacher for twenty-four years before he began training teachers. He is currently a Professorial Fellow at Durham University, UK.