First published in 1994. Leading scholars in science education from eight countries on four continents and ex-pert practising science teachers (primary and secondary) wrote about the teaching and learning of particular science content or skills, and hence how different science content requires different sorts of teaching and learning. Having shared the papers, they then met to discuss them and subsequently revised them. The result is a coherent set of chapters that share valuable insights about the teaching and learning of science. Some chapters consider the detail of specific topics (e.g. floating and sinking, soil and chemical change), some describe innovative procedures, others provide powerful theory. Together they provide a comprehensive analysis of constructivist learning and teaching implications.

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Figures and Tables
Preface
1 Introduction:
2 Beginning to Teach Chemistry
3 Generative Science Teaching
4 Constructivism, Re-constructivism and Task-orientated Problem-solving
5 Structures, Force and Stability. Design a Playground (Year 6)
6 Pupils’ Understanding Magnetism in a Practical Assessment Context: The Relationship Between Content, Process and Progression
Preamble to Chapters 7, 8 and 9: Approaches to Teaching Primary School Science
7 Primary Science in an Integrated Curriculum
8 Digging into Science — A Unit Developed for a Year 5 Class
9 Year 3: Research into Science
10 The Importance of Specific Science Content in the Enhancement of Metacognition
11 The Constructivist Paradigm and Some Implications for Science Content and Pedagogy
12 Making High-tech Micrographs Meaningful to the Biology Student
13 Year 9 Bodies
14 Learning and Teaching Energy
15 Working from Children’s Ideas: Planning and Teaching a Chemistry Topic from a Constructivist Perspective
16 States of Matter — Pedagogical Sequence and Teaching Strategies Based on Cognitive Research
17 Pedagogical Outcomes of Research in Science Education: Examples in Mechanics and Thermodynamics
18 Dimensions of Content
Postscript
Notes on Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index

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