October 2008 - Posts
Attached are details of a free master class for teachers and technicians which is being run by the university of Kent. Since posting this the Science Learning Centre (SE) have become involved and there is now the possibility of a bursary to support your attendance. The new flier is attached. They write:-
Please also note that an Impact Award of £200 is available to any teachers meeting any of the following criteria: · Teachers and lecturers who have not attended more than one full-day course (or equivalent) at the Science Learning Centres in the last four years;· Teachers and lecturers from schools and colleges that have not sent anyone to a Science Learning Centre in the last two years;· Teachers from schools meeting the ‘National Challenge’ criteria i.e. where fewer than 30% of students achieve 5 A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent including English and Maths GCSE. Anyone unsure of their eligibility or interested in applying for an Impact Award for this course can contact me on sg2@soton.ac.uk.
I have recently come accross 2 forms/ checklists that might be useful when reviewing practice with your department / colleagues. One is a pupil voice questionnaire and the other a checklist to use when carrying out monitoring / review.
This post has a zipped folder with the two forms / checklists in it. Click on title then download zipped folder. Open individual files to view.
You may have missed the publication of the STEM directory for science. This is a booklet with a huge number of opportunities for enrichment and enhancement in science. (They also exist for Engineering / Technology and Maths). They are available for download and as printed versions. Go to www.stemdirectories.org.uk and have a look / order a copy.
You may be aware that no bids for our local SETPOINT were successful in the last two attempts. Another bid is being prepared now. Hopefully we will soon have a fully functionning SETPOINT who will organise Science and Engineering Ambassadors and promote STEM activities in other ways. Watch this space for further news!
Attached to this post is the flier (with application details) for the secondary science conference. We have booked Michael Reiss as our Keynote speaker and have arranged a choice of workshop sessions. NOW is the time to book as we will be needing to finalise numbers and workshop choices fairly soon.
To open the attachement (which is zipped) click on the title of this item. In the new page, click on the attachment.
DON'T DELAY, APPLY TODAY!
There is now a lot more information on the Science Framework web site. Follow the link below and navigate to the framwork guidance section (look to left hand menu). The sections on amplification and barriers to learning seem, to me, to be really useful when planning new courses.
http://www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/secondary/framework/science
Another recent addition to the web support for science is the self study unit on Interactive teaching in science. This has some useful exemplars and suggests how to teach a number of topics in science.
http://www.nationalstrategiescpd.org.uk/course/view.php?id=163
This final link has the materials for the L6+ project available on-line.
http://www.nationalstrategiescpd.org.uk/course/view.php?id=162
Here is the form for applying for courses.
Attached is a pdf file containing details of the training courses we are offering this term. There is also an application form attached to another post. (I can only attach one file / document to each blog). We are trying to encourage people to sign up to the conference as soon as possible so that we know it is viable as soon as possible.
If you require somthing more "bespoke" as regards training, please contact me (Keith Milchem) and I will see what we can arrange.