Primary Insights: Working Scientifically
This session will focus on how to explicitly teach the knowledge and skills required to work scientifically.
What is this and who is it for?
The Primary Insights Network will provide you with a welcoming space to learn, discuss and share best practice about the key themes in primary science with other primary colleagues.
With a focus on the EEF Improving Primary Science report, we will focus on what can we learn from the research and what does it look like in practice?
These sessions will be delivered by experienced teachers sharing their expertise and experience, implementing the key take-aways from the report. These sessions will benefit all primary teachers, helping those early in their career develop strong evidence informred practice in the science curriculum and for those further into theiir careers, or with a leadership role, offering an opportunity to reflect on current practice and improve based on the research findings.
This session will focus on recommendation 3 'Guide pupils to work scientifically'. In this session we will raise your awareness of the EEF Improving Science Guidance Report, develop your understanding of how to 'Guide pupils to work scientifically' and the 5 different enquiry types. We will also share practical strategies to help you implement this in the classroom.
This session will be delivered by Jo Montgomery. Dr Jo Montgomery, also known as Dr Jo Science, is a Primary Science Specialist - teaching children and supporting teachers. Jo works as an independent education consultant as well as with a number of organisations including as a hub leader and Regional Lead for PSQM, an advisor for Great Science Share for Schools and SEERIH, a STEM Learning Lead facilitator, Explorify champion, Primary Science Capital Teaching Approach accredited trainer and a member of the ASE Teacher Developers committee. Jo won the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry’s Excellence in Primary Education Prize.
Cost
All sessions are free to ASE member and £12.50 for non-ASE members
ASE is a charity, committed to making support for science teaching as accessible as possible, we are able to do this through the support of our members.
If you’re not already part of the ASE community, we invite you to join ASE for just £45 a year (free to trainees and ECTs in the first 2 years of teaching). This gives you access to CPD (much is free to members), one of our Journals as well as our resources.
Other modules in this series
- Relevant and Real World Contexts Mon Nov 3rd 4.30 - 5 pm
- Working Scientifically 2nd Feb 4 - 4.30pm
- Assessment to support learning and responsive teaching TBC
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