Description
Book SynopsisUsing a cross-curricular focus, this book brings together ongoing debates about personalised learning, creativity and ICT in education, and establishes a principled framework for cross-curricular teaching and learning in Science. It identifies a range of key issues and aims to strengthen in-school science practices by introducing ways of teaching rigorous science through, and alongside, other subjects.
This highly practical book draws on examples and case studies taken from innovative practices in different schools and subject areas, as well as summarising lessons from key pieces of research evidence. Cross-Curricular Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School.... Science also includes the following:
- Clear theoretical frameworks for cross-curricular processes of teaching and learning in science, including chapters on Maths, ICT and Technology, English, the Humanities and the Arts
- An analysis of the use of language, ICT an
Trade Review
"I would strongly recommend this book as a source of support and stimulus for science departments who wish to undertake enrichment of the curriculum, to enhance collaboration with their non-science colleagues or simply to make learning more relevant and accessible"- Jane Essex, The Journal of Education in Chemistry, November 2012
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Context for Cross-Curricular Teaching and Learning; Chapter 2 . Understanding science and its place within the curriculum; Chapter 3. Tackling cross-curricular science teaching – three case studies of current teacher practice; Chapter 4. Cross-curricular practice. Science and Mathematics; Chapter 5. Cross-curricular practice. Science, ICT and Technology; Chapter 6. Cross-curricular practice. Science and English; Chapter 7. Science and the Humanities; Chapter 8. Science and the Arts; Chapter 9. The assessment of cross-curricular teaching in science; Chapter 10. Conclusion: The future for cross-curricular science
