Science Teacher Training
in an Information Society
Teaching about energy
|
Science Teacher Training
in an Information Society |
|
Workshop 1
|
StoriesA I think that the pictures are too abstract, and pupils will find them very difficult to understand. What they need are lots of concrete activities. I think that pupils will learn more about energy by experiencing it first-hand through practical work, than by theory work.
B The activities are different and new, so it’s not easy to say how pupils would react to them, or to the abstract pictures. Even though I’ve been teaching a long time I’m often surprised how pupils manage things that I had expected to be difficult (and struggle with things I thought would be trivial). I think I would need to try the ideas, and experiment with different approaches, before I made my mind up.
C I think that the abstract pictures could be particularly helpful for pupils of lower achievement and for those who find language difficult. Using these pictures allows them to do activities that encourage them to think and talk about scientific ideas without having to do a lot of reading or writing. They can use more informal and commonsense ways of taking about the ideas.
D I think that pupils would find this work challenging, but I am not too worried about that. I don’t think that they should always do work which has clear right or wrong answers, and it does not matter if they do find some parts of the activities difficult. This is a useful way of clarifying ideas.
|
| <<= Previous page | Introduction to Teachers' Workshop 1 | Next page =>> |