Misconceptions in Primary Science

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-335-23588-9
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

This essential book offers friendly support and practical advice for dealing with the common misconceptions encountered in the primary science classroom.Most pupils will arrive at the science lesson with previously formed ideas, based on prior reasoning or experience. However these ideas are often founded on common misconceptions, which if left unexplained can continue into adulthood. This handy book offers advice for teachers on how to recognise and correct such misconceptions. Key features include: - Examples from the entire range of QCA Scheme of Work topics for Key Stages 1 and 2 - Practical strategies to improve pupils’ learning - Support for teachers who want to improve their own scientific subject knowledgeMichael Allen describes over 100 common misconceptions and their potential origins, and then explains the correct principles. He suggests creative activities to help students to grasp the underlying scientific concepts and bring them alive in the classroom.This easy to navigate guide is grouped into three parts; life processes and living things; materials and their properties; and physical processes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allen, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Preface
How to use this bookPart one
Introduction
A) How do people learn science?
B) How can we elicit, recognise and correct science misconceptions?Part two
Life Processes and Living Things
1Concept of living
2Classification
3 Circulation
4Breathing
5Nutrition
6Feeding relationships
7Microbes and disease
8Heredity and variationPart three
Materials and their properties
9Chemical changes in materials
10Particles
11States of matter
12Earth sciencePart four
Physical processes
13Forces
14Floating and sinking
15Electricity and magnetism
16Light
17Sound
18Earth and space
19Heat Science glossary
The relevance of the QCA primary science scheme of work topics to the misconception entries
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Allen is Lecturer in Science Education at Brunel University, UK and has a PhD in science education.