Power Station Project
The Power Station Project is a simulated case study from the Science in Society series dealing with the various decisions that have to be made when a new power station is being planned. It was designed as an integral part of the Energy section of the Science in Society course. It is assumed that an Electricity Generating Board is…
Towards the Specification of Minimum Entitlement: Brenda and Friends
In April 1983 the Steering Committee of the Secondary Science Curriculum Review published a consultative paper Science Education 11-16: proposals for action and consultation. The paper incorporated a statement of aims for science education which was broadly endorsed by most respondents to the consultation. However, many of the readers…
Better Science: Making It Happen
One of the aims of this publication, published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education, was to describe the principal aims of the Secondary Science Curriculum Review (SSCR), and to convey the major outcomes of the development work undertaken during the life of the review in the early 1980s. Another aim was to explore…
Better Science 11: Assessing Progress
Assessing Progress was the eleventh in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to raise some of the key issues relating to assessment…
Better Science 10: Building Primary-Secondary Links
Building Primary-Secondary Links was the tenth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purposes of this booklet were to: • explore what young children…
Better Science 9: Health and Science Education
Health and Science Education was the ninth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to: • help science teachers form their own…
Better Science 8: For Young People with Special Education Needs
For Young People with Special Educational Needs was the eighth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to explore the implications…
Better Science 7: Working for a Multicultural Society
Working for a Multicultural Society was the seventh in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to explore the implications of teaching…
Better Science 6: For Both Girls and Boys
For Both Girls and Boys was the sixth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to explore ways in which science teachers can work towards…
Better Science 5: How to Plan and Manage the Curriculum
How to Plan and Manage the Curriculum was the fifth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. Contents Introduction: the issues SECTION ONE Consultation and negotiation…
Better Science 4: Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Approaches to Teaching and Learning was the fourth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to explore questions such as: •…
Better Science 3: Making It Relevant to Young People
Making it Relevant to Young People was the third in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to respond to concerns, current at the time,…
Better Science 2: Choosing Content
Choosing Content was the second in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purposes of this booklet were: • to consider what content is • to explore…
Better Science 1: Key Proposals
Key Proposals was the first in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people. The main purpose of this booklet was to summarise the main recommendations of the Review and their implications. Contents SECTION…
Directory of Resources
This directory of resources published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education listed materials produced by the Secondary Science Curriculum Review local groups and the Central Team. Some of the resources were commercially published, some were published by LEAs and others were distributed more informally. Groups…
Science in Process Teacher's Resource Pack
The Introductory Guide in this resource pack describes the aims of the Science in Process course and how to use the accompanying materials and student books (‘Themes’). The process skills which the course aims to develop, are defined and there is a discussion of teaching strategies which enable student-led enquiry rather…
Central Heating Project Teacher's Guide
The Central Heating Project was a set of three related projects dealing with the theme of central heating each aiming to achieve the same educational aims but in different ways. The project taught students about the technical and economic factors as well as interpretive and evaluative skills. The Teacher's Guide gives…
Science in Society Teachers Guide
A Teacher's Guide to the Science in Society series, a general studies and liberal arts course for post-16 students which was developed in the 1980s to give students a better understanding of science in everyday life. The Teacher's Guide offered detailed suggestions on how to take advantage of the flexibility of the material,…