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ERIC Number: ED015137
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1967
Pages: 1
Abstractor: N/A
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TEACHING SCIENCE AT THE SECONDARY STAGE, A HANDBOOK ON THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE TO THE AVERAGE PUPIL.
KNOCK, H.E.; AND OTHERS
THIS ENGLISH PUBLICATION IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR PROSPECTIVE OR PRACTICING TEACHERS IN THE TEACHING OF GENERAL EDUCATION SCIENCE TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT SCIENCE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED, AND TAUGHT, AS A HUMAN ACTIVITY WHICH EXPLORES THE REALM OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE, MAPS IT METHODICALLY BUT IMAGINATIVELY, AND, BY DISCIPLINED SPECULATION, CREATES A COHERENT SYSTEM OF KNOWLEDGE. THE EDUCATIONAL AIMS ADVOCATED ARE (1) TO BASE INSTRUCTION ON THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE OF THE PUPILS, (2) TO INTEGRATE SCIENCE EDUCATION WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS, (3) TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL STUDENT EXPERIENCES, (4) TO PROVIDE AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF INTEGRATED STUDY IN BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND PHYSICS, AND (5) TO INTEGRATE SCIENCE WITH OTHER FIELDS OF STUDY. STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND TEACHER DEMONSTRATIONS ARE EMPHASIZED AND MANY ACTIVITIES IN BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND PHYSICS ARE DESCRIBED. NUMEROUS DIAGRAMS ARE INCLUDED. OTHER AREAS DISCUSSED ARE (1) STUDENT EVALUATION, (2) TEACHING METHODS, (3) LESSON PLANNING AND SPECIMEN LESSONS, (4) SCIENCE FOR THE ACADEMICALLY UNSUCCESSFUL, (5) THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCIENCE TO OTHER SUBJECTS, (6) LABORATORY ORGANIZATION, (7) TEACHING AND LEARNING AIDS, (8) WRITTEN WORK, AND (9) THE SCIENCE LIBRARY. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM JOHN MURRAY LTD., 50 ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON W. 1, ENGLAND. (DS)
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Authoring Institution: Association for Science Education, Cambridge (England).
Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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