Coordinating Science Across the Primary School

This sixteen book series written and designed for busy primary school teachers takes one step-by-step through every stage of coordinating a subject. The books tackle the two main aspects of the coordinator's role: coordinating and subject leadership. It accomplishes this task by establishing systems and common practice, providing information, offering expertise and direction, guiding the development of the subject, and raising standards.

Each volume in the series conforms to a concise style, while providing a wealth of tips, case studies, and material that teachers can use immediately. Written to meet the needs of subject leaders, this comprehensive set of books will be an essential addition to the staffroom bookshelf.

List of figures

ix

(2)

Series editor's preface

xi

Introduction: Coordinating primary school science

1

(8)

Part one The role of the science coordinator

9

(54)

Chapter 1 The role of the science coordinator

9

(15)

Introduction

9

(1)

Being a science coordinator

10

(1)

The dimensions of the science coordinator's role

11

(2)

Support: maintaining science teaching and keeping it going

13

(4)

Development: promoting science and moving them on

17

(5)

Thinking about your own professional development

22

(1)

Summing up

23

(1)

Chapter 2 Your own development as a science coordinator

24

(6)

Introduction

24

(1)

Monitoring your own needs

25

(4)

Summing up

29

(1)

Chapter 3 Working with others

30

(19)

Introduction

30

(1)

Working with your headteacher

31

(2)

Working with other coordinators in school

33

(2)

Working with other teaching colleagues in school

35

(8)

Student teachers

43

(1)

Specialist teacher assistants

44

(1)

Working with other adults in school

45

(2)

Involving outside support

47

(1)

Summing up

48

(1)

Chapter 4 Contributing to school effectiveness

49

(14)

Introduction

49

(1)

Developing the school's science policy

49

(5)

Carrying out audits of resources and provision

54

(1)

Liaison

55

(2)

Preparing for inspection

57

(1)

Summing up

58

(5)

Part two What science coordinators need to know

63

(48)

Chapter 5 Interpreting the National Curriculum

63

(11)

Introduction

63

(1)

What science is all about

64

(1)

Science as a product

64

(5)

Science as a process

69

(1)

Science and people

70

(2)

Summing up

72

(2)

Chapter 6 Interpreting experimental and investigative science

74

(9)

Introduction

74

(1)

Aspects of ScI

75

(1)

The kinds of activity within ScI

76

(5)

What does scientific investigation involve?

81

(1)

Summing up

82

(1)

Chapter 7 Interpreting life processes and living things, materials and their properties, and physical processes

83

(16)

Introduction

83

(1)

Some concepts relating to science as a body of knowledge

84

(3)

Children's ideas in science

87

(4)

Strategies to support the construction of knowledge and understanding

91

(4)

A strategy for supporting teachers

95

(3)

Summing up

98

(1)

Chapter 8 Science and the whole curriculum

99

(12)

Introduction

99

(1)

Dimensions

99

(2)

Themes

101

(1)

Skills

102

(5)

Summing up

107

(4)

Part three Whole school policies and schemes of work

111

(26)

Chapter 9 Developing the school policy for science

111

(15)

Introduction

111

(2)

Development stage -- STEP 1

113

(1)

Development stage -- STEP 2

114

(3)

Implementation stage -- STEP 1

117

(6)

Implementation stage -- STEP 2

123

(1)

Implementation stage -- STEP 3

124

(1)

Implementation stage -- STEP 4

124

(1)

Review stage

125

(1)

Summing up

125

(1)

Chapter 10 Policy into practice

126

(11)

Introduction

126

(1)

Contexts and strategies

127

(1)

A system for structuring science experiences

128

(1)

Some illustrative examples of the procedure

128

(6)

Summing up

134

(3)

Part four Monitoring for quality

137

(38)

Chapter 11 Monitoring and evaluating the science curriculum

137

(11)

Introduction

137

(1)

A model for monitoring and evaluating teaching and learning

138

(3)

Monitoring and evaluating the science curriculum

141

(6)

Summing up

147

(1)

Chapter 12 Monitoring and evaluating science teaching

148

(14)

Introduction

148

(1)

Monitoring science teaching

148

(11)

A model for monitoring and evaluating teaching

159

(1)

Summing up

160

(2)

Chapter 13 Monitoring and evaluating science learning

162

(13)

Introduction

162

(1)

Purposes

163

(1)

Methods

164

(1)

Record-keeping

164

(4)

Reporting progress and achievement to others

168

(3)

Summing up

171

(4)

Part five Resources for learning

175

(30)

Chapter 14 Managing resources

175

(14)

Introduction

175

(1)

Variety of learning resources available

176

(1)

Space as a resource

176

(5)

Budgets and finances

181

(1)

Managing science equipment

182

(4)

Safety and resources

186

(2)

Summing up

188

(1)

Chapter 15 Information and resources for science coordinators

189

(16)

Introduction

189

(1)

Background reading

190

(1)

INSET/staff development ideas

191

(1)

Associations

191

(3)

Journals and professional magazines

194

(2)

Some suppliers

196

(3)

Industry, enterprise and other links

199

(3)

Interactive science and technology centres

202

(1)

Further help with IT

203

(2)

References

205

(5)

Index

210

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