Workshop 1
 Contents
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Aims
The main aims of the activities are:
Section A: Exploring current practice
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To review how energy is currently taught throughout your existing science
curriculum.
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To evaluate your existing teaching about energy.
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To identify particular areas of existing teaching that you would like to
address.
Section B: Learning about the innovation
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To apply the ideas of ‘energy transformation’ and ‘energy transfer’ approaches
and consider the merits and difficulties of each
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To clarify some important scientific ideas related to energy.
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To learn about key ideas of the ‘Energy and Change’ materials.
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To carry out some of the ‘Energy and Change’ activities using abstract
pictures.
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To consider examples of the work of pupils doing these activities.
Sections C, D, E and F: Transformations of curriculum innovations
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To compare different ways in which teachers may transform the ‘Energy transfer’
and ‘Energy and Change’ innovations.
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To explore factors that may influence the transformations.
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To consider these issues in the light of your own teaching experience.
Section G: Planning
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To plan, teach and evaluate a lesson drawing on the new ideas introduced
in these workshop materials.
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To prepare for the next workshop session by reading case-study material.
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