Douglas P Newton, Douglas Newton

Talking Sense in Science

Helping Children Understand Through Talk

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Produktbeschreibung

"Talking Sense in Science" is a highly practical guide to getting the most out of primary science lessons through talking with children. This clearly written and straightforward book looks at ways of understanding in science, and scientific language as well as how talk can support practical activities. Each idea is described, illustrated and followed by a short task to develop teaching skills.

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Douglas Newton emphasises the need for teachers to use a variety of different kinds of talk, often in conjunction with practical activity, to support children's learning and understanding in primary science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9780415253512
• ISBN-10: 0415253519
• Artikelnr.: 21846992

Autorenporträt

Douglas Newton is Director of Teaching for Understanding at the University of Newcastle. He has written many books on science education, including co-authoring Coordinating Science Across the Primary School (1969 saes since 1998: £18321 revenue)

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Understanding and Science: Why and What? 1.1 Why Understand? 1.2
Some Kinds of Understanding in Science 1.3 Getting to Know the
Understandings you will Support 1.4 Scientific Language 1.5 Cumulative
Summary Part II Helping Children Understand: Guiding Thought 2.1 Guiding
Thought 2.2 Science Talk and Practical Activity 2.3 Changing Minds 2.4
Pressing for Understanding 2.5 Cumulative Summary Part III Doing More for
Understanding 3.1 Building Bridges 3.2 Science Talk and Scaffolding 3.3
Science Talk and Modelling Thinking 3.4 Science Talk and Predicting 3.5
Science Talk and Inanimate Teachers 3.6 Science Talk and Stories 3.7
Science Talk and Games 3.8 Science Talk and Graphic Organisers 3.9
Cumulative Summary Part IV Conversations in Science 4.1 Conversations in
Science 4.2 Conversations From Events 4.3 Conversations From Children's
Questions 4.4 Conversations from Artifacts 4.5 Conversations from Pictures
4.6 Conversations from Stories and Poems 4.7 Who Takes the Initiative? 4.5
Cumulative Summary