First Published in 2004. This book has been prepared for primary teachers charged with the responsibility of acting as science coordinators within their schools. It forms part of a series of new publications that set out to advise such teachers on the complex issues of improving teaching and learning through managing each element of the primary school curriculum.
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'The book will be useful to a wide range of teachers - it is a resource for professional development for experienced coordinators as well as a support for those just coming into the job.' - Times Educational Supplement
Introduction: Coordinating primary school science Part one The role of the science coordinator
Chapter 1 The role of the science coordinator
Chapter 2 Your own development as a science coordinator
Chapter 3 Working with others
Chapter 4 Contributing to school effectiveness Part two What science coordinators need to know
Chapter 5 Interpreting the National Curriculum
Chapter 6 Interpreting experimental and investigative science
Chapter 7 Interpreting life processes and living things, materials and their properties, and physical processes
Chapter 8 Science and the whole curriculum Part three Whole school policies and schemes of work
Chapter 9 Developing the school policy for science
Chapter 10 Policy into practice Part four Monitoring for quality
Chapter 11 Monitoring and evaluating the science curriculum
Chapter 12 Monitoring and evaluating science teaching
Chapter 13 Monitoring and evaluating science Learning Part five Resources for learning
Chapter 14 Managing resources
Chapter 15 Information and resources for science coordinators
Lynn D Newton and Douglas P Newton have drawn upon their considerable experience as teacher, teacher educators and researchers in writing this book. Lynn is currently at the University of Durham, where she is Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for a new undergraduate degree for science specialists who wish to become primary school teachers and science coordinators. Douglas is a Reader in Education at the University of Newcastle.
