The handling of socio-scientific topics like global warming, genetic modification, etc…, in particular how discussion can be conducted usefully in science lessons.
Effectiveness and efficacy of pedagogical approaches in learning and teaching.
science misconceptions;
constructivist approaches to learning and teaching and the ideas which pupils find difficult in the secondary sciences, particularly in biology and chemistry;
more humanistic approaches to science teaching and the resistance to it in so many scientific quarters, including the school curriculum;
cognitive development, its acceleration and potential impact on learning in science;
concept and skill acquisition and how these are intertwined – the science knowledge of young people and how it develops;
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