Making Sense of Secondary Science: Research Into Children's Ideas

Making Sense of Secondary Science provides concise, accessible summaries of international research into learners' ideas about science, providing evidence-based insight into the ideas that learners hold, before, during or after instruction. With expert summaries from across the science domains, it covers research findings from biological topics, materials and their properties and physical processes.

This classic text is essential reading for all training secondary, elementary and primary school science teachers, as well as those researching the science curriculum and science methods, who want to deepen their understanding of how learners think.

Author: Rosalind Driver,Ann Squires,Peter Rushworth
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/24/2014
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9781138814479

About the Author

The late Rosalind Driver was Professor of Science Education at the University of Leeds where she directed the Children's Learning in Science Project (CLISP), including the project which led to the publication of Making Sense of Secondary Science. 　

Ann Squires, was seconded from the Leeds Education Authority to co-ordinate the Secondary Science Project within CLISP.

Peter Rushworth is a physicist who mentored and trained teachers, and students from various Universities.　 He recently retired as a Head teacher.　

Valerie Wood-Robinson has worked on curriculum development projects and has been a local authority education adviser and Ofsted inspector.