Beschreibung:
Professor Wynne Harlen is one of the key international figures in primary science. She was most recently head of the Scottish Council for Research in Education and is now retired.
The importance of helping children to understand the environment is now widely recognized and is well represented in The National Curriculum for Science. But what kind of `environmental education' is appropriate at the primary level?
Prologue Children and Their EnvironmentIntroduction Aims and FocusChildren's Encounter with Their Environment Ways of Learning and Ways of TeachingSetting up the EncounterAssessing the EncounterGiving Environmental Science a Place in the School ProgrammeEvaluating the Encounter