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#TE-02-14 Managing the Practical Classroom in Secondary School Science

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#TE-02-14 Managing the Practical Classroom in Secondary School Science

  • Categories Teaching
  • Duration 13h
  • Total Enrolled 9
  • Last Update September 30, 2020

About Course

National STEM Learning Centre

Description

Learn how to maximise learning through practical science in the classroom

On this course, you’ll learn strategies for managing the practical classroom in science.

From managing behaviour and fostering positive attitudes to implementing departmental processes and working with colleagues, you’ll explore all aspects of practical activities in the school or college laboratory.

You’ll consider classroom layouts as well as the use of practical work to maximise learning.

You’ll also discover how to create the right climate for collaborative learning and how to simplify more complex practical work using micro-scale setups or integrated instructions.

Who will you learn with?

Kim Swift

Lover and teacher of science, focusing specifically on Biology and Chemistry 11-18. Deliverer of science support on a wide range of topics from teaching and learning to curriculum.

 

 

Who developed the course?

NATIONAL STEM LEARNING CENTRE

National STEM Learning Centre

The National STEM Learning Centre provides world-class professional development activities and resources to support the teaching of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.

 

What Will I Learn?

  • Reflect upon your current laboratory management and identify areas for development.
  • Develop your toolkit of strategies and techniques to manage students safely in the laboratory.
  • Develop a practical learning environment that facilitates independent learning and resilience.
  • Design practical lessons to maximise student learning through practical science.

Topics for this course

13 Lessons13h

Practical work in secondary science?

Welcome to the course. We start by looking at the health and safety aspects of practical work in science, which will inform the rest of the course.
Welcome to managing the practical classroom00:01:34
Health and safety in the practical classroom00:04:42
Risk assessments

Room layout?

In many cases you won’t have a choice of room layout, but identifying how to best use your room is a fundamental part of managing the practical classroom.

The location of equipment?

Planning how students will move within your classroom layout is important so that you minimise risk, for example with trip hazards, carrying equipment or moving chemicals through the space.

Policies and routines?

So far we’ve looked at how choices in classroom layouts, and the distribution of equipment have an impact on movement. How can effective use of departmental policy and processes support practical learning?

Behaviour in the practical classroom?

In the next few steps we look at how room layout and arranging equipment in different ways can influence student behaviour.

Student Feedback

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VK

It provides some practical ideas on how to create a good classroom environment for learning.

BP

I would recommend this course to all teachers who are serious about their jobs, love their students and want to make a positive difference in their lives; teachers who want to manage their students behaviour effectively.

NM

It puts into perspective how to make a true impact on the students that I work with and how to utilize these skills without walking blindly into a room full of students.

CA

A clear, well-outlined course full of really useful tips and information from real teachers talking about real situations.

$29

Material Includes

  • Official Certificate

Tags

Kim Swift National STEM Learning Centre

Target Audience

  • This online professional development course is designed for teachers of science subjects to students aged 11-19 years.
  • This may include newly qualified, recently qualified and experienced teachers of science who don’t have a science background.
  • Teaching assistants and technicians may also find this course useful to consider the wider context in which practical science is taught.