Inspiring Science in the Early Years: Exploring Good Practice

Author:   Lois Kelly ,  Di Stead
Publisher:   Open University Press
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9780335264520


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   16 December 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Lois Kelly ,  Di Stead
Publisher:   Open University Press
Imprint:   Open University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.250kg
ISBN:  

9780335264520


ISBN 10:   0335264522
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   16 December 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Chapter 1: Is Science important in the Early Years? by Lois Kelly Chapter 2: Developing Budding Scientists by Kathleen Orlandi Chapter 3: The role of talk and developing scientific language in the Early Years by Babs Anderson Chapter 4: Starting Points to Inspire Science in the Early Years by Linda Atherton Chapter 5: How can Continuous Provision inspire Early Years Science? by Faith Fletcher and Di Stead Chapter 6: Inspiring Early Years Science through Role Play by Jessica Baines Holmes Chapter 7: Exploring toys and other resources to inspire science in the early years by Kathy Schofield and Lois Kelly Chapter 8: Using Technology to Inspire Science in Early Years by Eleanor Hoskins Chapter 9: Planning Early Years Science Experiences by Di Stead

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Lois Kelly is a teacher educator and education consultant and has international experience. She worked in teacher education for over ten years, where she was curriculum coordinator for Primary Science on BA(QTS) and PGCE courses and developed science modules for students on Early Years courses. She has worked at Liverpool Hope University, Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Chester.Before that she taught across the primary age range. She is a member of the Primary Committee of the Association for Science Education and has presented workshops at ASE. She is a hub leader for the Primary Science Quality Mark. Di Stead is an educational consultant, working with primary teachers and their schools. She has provided science in-service training from the north of England to India. She worked for 2 decades in higher education, at Liverpool Hope University for over 17 years and before that at Bishop Grosseteste College in Lincoln and latterly at University of Chester. She learned the importance of including science in an early years curriculum through providing support for students on placement in Early Years settings and teaching on both the undergraduate and postgraduate ITT courses. She learned her craft, teaching in a primary school in the east end of Sheffield for 14 years.

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