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Ethics is a valuable way to approach science in primary school because grappling with ethical issues engages students. Focusing on ethics encourages students to extend their understanding of...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article There’s a lot that primary school teachers can do to help develop their students’ science learning. This article sets out straightforward possibilities, including encouraging students to observe the...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article In the last 10 years subsidised laptops have been rolled out to classes at all levels and ICT has become more common in the classroom. How are teachers using ICT to teach junior science and what is...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Teachers are keen to adopt new ICTs to support student learning. This article looks at one example—interactive whiteboards. Skilfully used by the teacher, sequences of magnified images wowed students...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Here, the focus is on ways to build continuity, coherence, and connections in learning over time.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article This article illustrates the potential of using multiple means to help express and develop ideas.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Some of the findings from a research project that aimed to document the role that a visit to one New Zealand science and technology centre played in the educational activities of six visiting primary...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article When a teacher let her Years 4 and 5 class chose their own science topic to study, they settled on—what else?—farting. This article shows how letting students pursue their own interests led them to...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article When their funds of knowledge and experiences from home and the community are connected to their school learning, students' learning is supported. In this study teachers used "home learning books" to...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article