Science Teacher Training
in an Information Society
Teaching about energy
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Science Teacher Training
in an Information Society |
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Workshop 1
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StoriesA Science teaching should aim to make pupils ‘scientifically literate’, so they can understand things like the environment, the impact of technology, and so on. There are a lot of scientific ideas which are not covered in the current curriculum. I think it is important for pupils to learn about ‘Second Law’ ideas in order for them to understand the world energy crisis, so I would like to see this included in the curriculum.
B There is too much emphasis on practical work in school science, so I am attracted to these materials which emphasise the importance of abstract thinking. Practical work is not sufficiently intellectually demanding. I think that science teaching should focus more on theoretical ideas, which challenge pupils to think and which will train their minds.
C In the lessons that I teach, I try to make links between different parts of the same topic and between topics. In practice though, I think that school science is too ‘bitty’. I think that we ought to be teaching about these big scientific ideas, like the Second Law of Thermodynamics. We can use these ideas to provide a structure for the science curriculum, and give a sense of coherence and progression.
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