Revision. A word which probably conjures up memories of the anxious weeks before exams, frantically reading through notes wielding a highlighter in an attempt to get vaguely remembered knowledge into your head. Perhaps you did some practice questions, or maybe you felt so overwhelmed that you ended up doing nothing. Whatever your approach, you would […]
Read more If you have been roaming through the education blogosphere or edutwitter you will have started to notice an increase in the reference of SLOP. What is SLOP? SLOP stands for ‘Shed Loads of Practice’. The term SLOP was coined by Adam Boxer and Ruth Walker in the early stages in the formation of CogSciSci , a group of teachers and […]
Read more By Dom Shibli FCCT Dom is a Senior Lecturer in Secondary Science at the University of Hertfordshire. He is a proud founding fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and contributes to the CogSciSci website. He applauds the use of cognitive science within the teaching profession but hopes that it doesn’t become the next fad […]
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Anhydrous, exothermic, fullerene, isomerase, medulla, monomers, ribosomes, titration, xylem… How many of these words do you know? For a scientist – or even a knowledgeable GCSE science student, no less – this list of complex words will trigger a wealth of background knowledge. For many pupils, however, the same list of words would likely provoke […]
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By Sam Holyman As I settle down to my morning cuppa, one of the 100 million cups of tea that are likely to be drunk in the UK today [1], I wonder about how sustainable I am being, after I sling my used teabag straight into the black bin. Many of my friends collect their […]
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By Emma Bishop, Subject Leader for Science in a Devon Academy During my 23 years as a teacher, I have endured my fair share of jumping through Ofsted-generated hoops. Fads have come and gone and the days of high stakes lesson observations where we were falling over ourselves to show rapid progress are still fresh […]
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Download the Closing the Word Gap: Science pack In 2018 we surveyed over 1,300 primary and secondary teachers about their experiences of the Word Gap in schools and collated our findings in the Oxford Language Report . Following on from this research, we partnered with Teachit to develop downloadable packs of resources and initiatives that can be used in the classroom. The science pack was written by Emily […]
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So, dyslexia runs in families and we are one of those families. Although my dyslexia is mild and wasn’t picked up until university, my son’s dyslexia gave rise to me fearing that he would leave primary school illiterate. In the inclusive secondary science laboratory, up to 10% of the students will have some degree of […]
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Following an inspiring Association for Science Education (ASE) conference this month, Amie Hewish, Head of Secondary Science at Oxford University Press, calls for collaboration in continuing to develop an exciting, knowledge-rich curriculum in science. I’ve just got back from the ASE conference, and what a great few days it was. Teachers, technicians, educators, assessors, and […]
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Elise Reece, AQA’s Curriculum Manager for Science, looks at the reasons why some students struggle with GCSE Science and how to build their confidence so that they can experience success in the subject. KS4 Science has changed significantly over the past few years. The removal of single-award GCSE, and changes to performance measures, have reduced […]
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