Workshop 1
 Contents
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Section
B Learning about the innovations
The activities in this section are intended to help
you learn more about the two innovations studied in the research:
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'Energy transfers' in the National Curriculum;
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'Energy and Change' project.
'Energy transfers' in the National Curriculum
This national-scale innovation was introduced in the first National Curriculum
for England and Wales (DES 1989). The concept of energy transfer
appeared to replace that of energy transformation used by previous syllabi
and most textbook for pupils at the secondary level.
'Energy and Change' project A smaller
scale innovation introduced by the curriculum materials developed by the
‘Energy and Change’ project (Boohan and Ogborn 1996). This project
aimed to provide novel ways of teaching about the nature and direction
of changes and energy, in particular introducing ideas related to the Second
Law of Thermodynamics in a way accessible to pupils aged 11 upwards.
To accomplish this, the project developed an abstract picture language
through which the scientific story is told.
The activities in this section are:
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