Journal of Emergent Science 18 Special PSEC 2019 issue from PSTT

Editor Guest Editor: Sarah Earle

Issue 18 | Published January 2020

Overview

This special issue of JES is brought to you by the Primary Science Teaching Trust (PSTT), to celebrate the success of their second international Primary Science Education Conference (PSEC) held in June 2019. The issue includes articles based on a wide range of conference presentations and workshops, which demonstrated cutting-edge innovation and research-informed practice. This free, open access issue runs alongside the recently published PSEC special issue of Primary Science, which is also free to view for all.

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Contents

p.2 Contents
p.3 Introduction to the Special Issue: Why does the teaching of science at primary school matter?
p.6 Practitioners as lifelong learners: a collaborative approach to professional learning in Scotland
p.13 The SSERC Primary Cluster Programme in Science and Technology – Impact on teaching and learning
p.19 The SSERC Primary Cluster Programme in Science and Technology – Reflections from a classroom practitioner
p.23 Co-teaching as a viable model for raising teacher confidence in the delivery of primary science within a small rural school in Northern Ireland
p.29 Children's scientific question-asking – an initial scoping of academic literature
p.35 Towards a pedogogy of 'clown': using archetypes of clown to develop a model of effective primary science teaching
p.41 Can you tell who's more creative than me?
p.49 Developing understanding of science skills in Northern Ireland through co-teaching between pre- and in-service teachers
p.56 'I have been doing some science at home': children's relationship with science
p.62 Raising STEM career aspirations through the primary years
p.71 *Article removed for data verification
p.78 Gases in the Air: A science demonstration assembly for primary schools

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