Science and Technology Education @ U.C. Faculty of Education: Design process and investigating scientifically

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

What do you mean by science and technology?

These graphs are from the NSW Department of Education and Training curriculum directorate.

Quotes, Quotes, Quotes & more Quotes!

"Great teachers... know how to present material in an enthusiastic manner and how to instill a hunger in their students to learn more on their own. They form strong relationships with their students, show that they care about them as people, and always remember that they are teaching students, not subjects".
Dr Michael C. Nagel

"The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them".
Sir William Bragg (1862-1942)

"I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in her laboratory is not only a technician: she is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress her like a fairy tale".
Marie Curie (1867-1934)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science".
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand".
Archibald Putt

Books, resources & stuff

Education for Sustainability in the Primary Curriculum: A guide for teachers by Michael Littledyke, Neil Taylor & Chris Eames
How to succeed with Education for Sustainability by Josephine Lang
Mainstreaming Education for Sustainability in Pre-Service Teacher Education in Australia by Fran Steele (ARIES)
Science for Children by Marilyn Fleer, Beverley Jane & Tim Hardy
Science for Primary and Early Years by Jane Devereux
Teaching learning & assessing science 5-12 by Wynne Harlen
Teaching Primary Science Constructively by Keith Skamp
Teaching Science in the Primary Classroom by Ward, Roden, Hewlett & Foreman
Technology for Children: Research-based approaches by Marilyn Fleer & Beverley Jan
The Art of Teaching Primary Science by Vaile Dawson & Grady Venville
We are the Weather Makers by Tim Flannery