Category Archives: Science Education Research
Student Influences in Science (TV)
A couple of news stories caught my eye last weekend, both from The Guardian, both featuring Professor Brian Cox, both about science television programmes. I suppose I should begin by stating for the record that I really like television and … Continue reading
Red Pen Bad, Green Pen Good
It’s a snow day, so I’ve been doing the usual procrastinating while listening to BBC6 Music wishing I could listen to the radio at work. In between the CV updating, lesson planning and MSc pondering I have had twitter on … Continue reading
Gaps In Education
From my personal experience I have noticed that most colleagues I work with are not interested in Educational Research. Even though as science teachers the very notion of teaching a concept that doesn’t have an evidence base is something that … Continue reading
Mystery Boxes and How Science Works
At the ASE Conference 2012 I was introduced to the Science Museum Mystery Boxes, I raved about them in my summary of the conference last year and they have been on my mind over the past year. I have ummed … Continue reading
New Technologies in Science Education (Teaching, Learning & Assessment: Task 2)
Introduction I have been interested in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in school as I have grown up with the many incarnations of ICT use. The BBC Micro in the early 1980’s was my introduction with a … Continue reading
Bridging the theory-practice gap (Teaching, Learning and Assessment Mini Assignment 1)
Introduction The material in session 1 was very relevant to me as it was my personal recognition of the gap between educational research and my own work that prompted me to study for an MSc. Having been teaching for 8 … Continue reading
Evidence Based Education (CPD Session)
This morning I attended a whole college CPD session, the sort of thing that most teachers dread. I was however looking forward to it as the title ‘Evidence Based Education: How Brains Learn’ sounded like something that is right up … Continue reading
Student Influences on Studying A Level Science: Results
In today’s Guardian there is a story on choosing a career path with a science degree. Like any Science teacher I am excited that the numbers of students studying science subjects at degree level in increasing however I was a … Continue reading
Student influences to studying A level sciences: Methods & Methodology
Design This a piece of analytical research extending a descriptive approach to examine the influences students have when deciding to study Science subjects at post-16. The main data collection used quantitative methods utilising an online descriptive survey to gather the … Continue reading
Student influences to studying A level sciences: Introduction
The purpose of this assignment is to examine the reasons why students decide to study science subjects at A Level. With 17% of 16 – 19 year olds taking one or more A Levels in science in 2009 and just … Continue reading
