Improving Secondary Science Teaching by John Parkinson

By John Parkinson

Improving Secondary technology Teaching has been written to assist academics either new and skilled contemplate their present perform and examine how you can increase the effectiveness in their educating. The ebook examines all the universal educating tools utilized in technology in terms of scholars' studying and offers suggestions on administration concerns and procedures.
With underlying subject matters equivalent to scholars' curiosity in technological know-how and their motivation to profit; how students study technology; the kind of technology presently being taught at school; and the price of academic learn; the booklet contains chapters on:



  • the development process

  • planning for development and continuity

  • promoting scholars' learning

  • dealing with differences

  • making use of data from assessment

  • learning in regards to the nature of science

This well timed publication might be of curiosity to practicing technological know-how academics, rather those who find themselves operating to enhance the administration of technology departments or their very own educating perform. it is going to even be a necessary source for technology schooling researchers and scholars on larger measure classes in technology education.

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