Author(s): Peter Loxley; Linda Nicholls; Babs Dore; Lyn Dawes

Education

This fully updated third edition brings science subject knowledge and pedagogy together to support, inform and inspire those training to teach primary science.

Written in a clear and accessible way,Teaching Primary Scienceprovides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of science themes. With a brand new chapter on STEM education, additional guidance on where to find the best resources, and increased emphasis on assessment, story-telling and problem-solving, this book shows how science can offer children pleasure and intellectual satisfaction and help them to develop sound scientific minds.

Key features include:

• Ideas for practiceexemplify how you can help children to acquire and use scientific knowledge to satisfy their curiosity about how the natural world works.

• Something to think about scenarios help to extend and develop your own understanding of key ideas.

• Examples of classroom situations, dialogues and stories help you see how theory is applied to practice and support you in reflecting on the best methods for teaching.

• Global Dimensionsections offer starting points for discussion and research into how scientific ideas can be positively applied and used to evaluate the impact of human activity on the natural world.

• Talk Skills and Science Discussion sections enable you to develop children's scientific knowledge and verbal reasoning skills.

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• Something to think about scenarios help to extend and develop your own understanding of key ideas.

• Examples of classroom situations, dialogues and stories help you see how theory is applied to practice and support you in reflecting on the best methods for teaching.

• Global Dimensionsections offer starting points for discussion and research into how scientific ideas can be positively applied and used to evaluate the impact of human activity on the natural world.

• Talk Skills and Science Discussion sections enable you to develop children's scientific knowledge and verbal reasoning skills.

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