Geography, Enterprise, Mathematics and Science

Language, for various reasons, tends to be a neglected area in the school physics curriculum. Discussion of "literacy" in the context of science teaching is limited, and many teachers are unclear about the issues involved. However, so-called "active reading" exercises have had a…

In recent years, research in students' conceptions about the physical world has revealed that when children reach the age of schooling they have already developed their own knowledge about the physical world which is sometimes rather different from the accepted scientific knowle…

This thesis is based on research investigating 12-13 years old pupils' potential to approach through Logo different characterizations of variable prior to formal algebra teaching. The characterizations of variable considered are variable as general number, variables in a functio…

Teachers' subject knowledge is a significant aspect of teachers' practice and worthy of further research. This research focuses on how 'expert' geography teachers use their subject knowledge and its relationship to their practice. The research consists of three over-arching them…