Teaching Science

Teaching (in secondary schools at least) is a competition. The number of students who will get certain grades has already been decided and n...

It's important to discuss the value of practical work as science teachers, but we need to be aware of who is watching and what might be ...

Sorry, I can't keep it short! 10/10. Review of 2016. We didn't get on holiday abroad, mainly because I spent my money on fixing ...

I have been thinking about whether teachers knowing more about research into science education will make a significant difference to what we...

NB: borrowed heavily from the work of Abrahams, Millar, Reiss and Osborne. There are a lot of reasons to do practical work in science less...

The new science GCSEs are starting to be accredited. This is a relief, but not good enough. We should have had these specs a year before fir...

When I sat down to write this blog post I felt that my 2015 wasn't as busy as previous years (especially 2013), but it seems that I have...