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What do children need to develop in science during KS3 and KS4? (via 13scidave)

Posted in Education with tags , , , , , on July 25, 2011 by telescoper

I thought I’d reblog this post in order to send some traffic in its direction. The piece is asking for input concerning the science curriculum for Years 7 to 11. We didn’t have Years like this when I was at School, so I’ll translate this as meaning the age group 11 to 16, i.e. secondary school.

I’m going to have a think before I post a comment on the site, but I will do eventually, and I hope many of you will consider doing likewise.

You’ll have already gathered that I’m a school science adviser with the Hampshire Science Team. We support all schools in Hampshire in trying to develop exciting and inspiring science, as well as helping children make the best possible progress. Schools often feel under pressure to ‘teach to the test’ in order to achieve good examination results and this pressure can actually impede the development of good scientific thinking. Yesterday we began … Read More

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