Effective Teaching Pedagogies for Science in Secondary School Children

Assessment 1 Effective
Teaching Pedagogies

Contents
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
To what extent do you agree with the idea that teaching in your specialisation is different from
other specialisations?..................................................................................................................3
What are the key issues that must be considered when thinking about how students learn in your
specialisation?.............................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
This video presentation focuses on clearly defining the pedagogical practices, content,
concept and considerations taking when taking in the specialization area when teaching science for
secondary school children. This presentation looks at the differentiating factors which separate
teaching in the specialization area of science to secondary school children along with the key issues
which need to be accounted for teaching secondary school children science subject. The 7-10
curriculum is used for providing justified answers in this video presentation.
To what extent do you agree with the idea that teaching in your specialisation is different from other
specialisations?
Teaching in the specialization area of secondary school science is different from other
specialization field because it requires higher degree of evidence to support learning and help
student understand different science based phenomena. The 7-10 curriculum for the field of science
depicts the evidenced based teaching required in this filed as various science based phenomenon
such as chemical sciences which includes teaching year 7 students about mixtures, solutions,
combination and separation of pure substances. Here evidenced based learning is necessary so that
students are able to apply these concepts in real life and are able to perform experiments on the
theoretical content.
In addition to this another factor which results in differentiation between teaching science
specialization to secondary school students and teaching other specialization is that it requires
combining logic with imagination to ensure that students completely understand the given science
topic. This can be seen in the 7-10 curriculum for science area students as the year 9 requires
teaching about energy transfer through different mediums. This involves usage of logic and
imagination as theoretical models about energy transfer are explained to students to inform about
the logical aspect about this area pf physical science. Apart from this student imagination is
encouraged so that they understand the topic of energy transfer more clearly.
What are the key issues that must be considered when thinking about how students learn in your
specialisation?
The primary issue which needs to be accounted for when teaching students about science in
secondary school children is the inclusion of hands on activities which are student centred. This
may include project based learning or experimentation so that students are able to understand the
theoretical basis and application of the science topic. The chemical science topic of mixtures,
solution and combination of substances is taught with the help of hand on student activities and
experimentation so that they are able to observe and understand from the actual science concepts
taking place during their experimentation. Another consideration which arises when teaching in