Mastery in primary science

Author: Deborah Wilkinson and Wayne Stallard Series: Exploring the Primary Curriculum

This new texts supports trainee and beginning teachers to teach for, assess and evidence mastery through the use of high quality ′rich′ lesson activities that allow for mastery level learning in primary science.

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What does 'mastery' look like in primary science? How can teachers plan for, assess and evidence it?

This book explores how 'rich' learning tasks that enable children to apply, analyse, evaluate, and/or create to solve exciting and novel problems support the development of mastery level knowledge and skills in primary science.

- Outlines how to recognise and use assessment opportunities
- Focuses on the development of conceptual understanding
- Highlights and demontrates the importance of teacher questioning
- Explores the theories behind 'mastery' for primary science

About the Author

Dr Deborah Wilkinson is a senior lecturer in education at the University of Chichester and has a special interest in primary science. She is interested in how questions are used to develop learning during science lessons as well as how science can be delivered across subject areas.Wayne Stallard, Director of Olive Tree Education, has over 20 years’ experience working as a science educator in the primary phase both in the UK and abroad. He is particularly interested in teacher assessment of primary science.