Primary Science Audit and Test

by Jenny Byrne, Andri Christodoulou, John Sharp

Overview

A self audit tool for trainee primary teachers to help them identify their strengths and weaknesses in science and to monitor and evaluate their progress towards Qualified Teacher Status.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781446282731
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/20/2014
Series:	Achieving QTS Series
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Jenny Byrne is Programme Director of the Primary PGCE and a science tutor in the Schook of Education, University of Southampton.

John Sharp is Professor of Higher Education and Head of the Lincoln Higher Education Research Institute (LHERI) at the University of Lincoln.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: SCIENCE BACKGROUND
PART TWO: INTEREST IN SCIENCE
PART THREE: PERCEIVED COMPETENCE AND CONFIDENCE IN SCIENCE
Competence
Confidence
PART FOUR: SCIENCE TEST
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Making Sense of Your Test Results
PART FIVE: ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS INCLUDING CHILDREN'S COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
PART SIX: TARGETS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
PART SEVEN: REVISION AND FURTHER READING