Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School 1

Synopsis: Generic Stage 1: Looks at a typical school day and follows six students through registration and tutor time and through various lessons such as French, English, drama, history and design & technology. The sequence offers PGCE students a glimpse of the learning demands placed upon a pupil during normal day.
Subject specific - science 1: Shows the work of some of the teachers in a science department in a big London school. Starting with a departmental meeting it shows in turn a lesson ‘rates of reaction’ (National Curriculum Key Stage 3), a biology lesson, a classification (Key Stage 4) and the department head on metal reactivities (Key Stage 3). The teachers identify important issues, and in a departmental meeting realise the need for teachers to relate to one another as well as to the children.
Series: Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Course E885
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: Sale; ?
Subjects: Education
Keywords: science teaching; secondary education; teacher training; teaching methods

Producer

Cast

Ted Wragg
Wendy Bailey

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