This module builds upon the Year One core module ‘Foundations in Primary Science’. You will be expected to continue to develop your knowledge of less familiar but important concepts in science, and will deepen your understanding of how learners learn and create more complex schemas over time.
In addition to this, there will be an emphasis on developing your ability to know that curriculum design is underpinned by deep understanding of how children learn and utilise key insights from current thinking on cognitive science. You will apply knowledge and understanding of when and how to use models and worked examples in combination with verbal exposition and other strategies (e.g. dual coding and concrete representations).
The module will consolidate the importance of the interplay between substantive and disciplinary knowledge and science-specific pedagogy in order to enable you to teach practical investigative science. You will also identify how theory and practice are linked and recognise how research informs practice.
Integral to the module is an understanding of progression and the importance of building on foundational knowledge. You will embed your knowledge of the importance of access to a rich learning environment through an intersectional approach (e.g. applying the science capital teaching approach when lesson planning).
