Aug 31 2008
What the Science teachers think…
Last Friday afternoon, lots (about 40 I think) of East Lothian’s Secondary Science teachers gathered at our school to discuss a Curriculum for Excellence. This was organised by my colleague Annette Smith who has recently been appointed in the new post of Science Support Officer (or something to that effect - sorry Annette if I’ve got that wrong).
After a brief introduction, Annette had us all working in cross-curricular groups to consider four very fundamental questions regarding Curriculum for Excellence:
Q1 What will it mean to us as teachers?
Q2 How will it change the way we teach?
Q3 How will it affect the pupils?
Q4 How will it affect the curriculum?
You can see the responses to these on the new Science Support eduBuzz pages.
I found this session really useful for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it was great to work (no matter how briefly) with non-Biologists from other schools. This is still a surprisingly rare occurrence for me, and I always enjoy it.
It was also interesting to hear what other secondary science teachers are thinking about aCfE. I was really glad that Annette kept this first session quite simple, in terms of the discussion questions, as it really got everyone going. It’s also interesting to note that the responses include a lot of positives as well as the concerns, legitimate and otherwise!
