Enquiring Children, Challenging Teaching (Enriching the Primary Curriculum--Child, Teacher, Context)
By Max De Boo.
Description
This book describes the development of children's enquiry skills offering a rationale and theoretical basis for teaching and learning using this approach and showing its particular relevance to scientific enquiries. The teacher's role is discussed and practical suggestions are given to stimulate effective classroom practice. The author shows how children's ideas can be supported, challenged and assessed, and considers how to resource enquiries and expand these within the school and local environment. The nature of knowledge is explored, with a focus on scientific knowledge ab...
ISBN(s)
0335200966, 9780335200962
