Full Description
First Published in 2004. This book has been prepared for primary teachers charged with the responsibility of acting as science coordinators within their schools. It forms part of a series of new publications that set out to advise such teachers on the complex issues of improving teaching and learning through managing each element of the primary school curriculum.
Contents
Introduction: Coordinating primary school science Part one The role of the science coordinator Chapter 1 The role of the science coordinator Chapter 2 Your own development as a science coordinator Chapter 3 Working with others Chapter 4 Contributing to school effectiveness Part two What science coordinators need to know Chapter 5 Interpreting the National Curriculum Chapter 6 Interpreting experimental and investigative science Chapter 7 Interpreting life processes and living things, materials and their properties, and physical processes Chapter 8 Science and the whole curriculum Part three Whole school policies and schemes of work Chapter 9 Developing the school policy for science Chapter 10 Policy into practice Part four Monitoring for quality Chapter 11 Monitoring and evaluating the science curriculum Chapter 12 Monitoring and evaluating science teaching Chapter 13 Monitoring and evaluating science Learning Part five Resources for learning Chapter 14 Managing resources Chapter 15 Information and resources for science coordinators
