Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Includes bibliographical references, webliography and index.

Part 1: Research foundation for developing a personal approach -- Researching children's ideas about being scientists -- Researching children's understanding and ways of learning -- Planning and assessing for children's learning -- Part 2: Exploring different teaching approaches -- A discovery approach: exploration and discovery -- The science behind sound -- Investigating human sounds -- A transmission approach: focusing on scientific knowledge -- An experience of transmission -- A process skills teaching approach: Developing scientific skills -- An interactive approach: children's questions and conceptual change -- A cultural-historical perspective on learning in science: reciprocal teaching -- Becoming a leader of science: situating yourself -- Science content knowledge -- Web sites for science education and science.

This interactive text challenges students to consider nature, and the importance of science, as well as offering practical classroom-based exercises, for students commencing their science teaching careers.