ABSTRACT

We now move from what underpins your teaching to preparing to teach. The purpose of this chapter is to help you achieve the kind of learning you want to see in your lessons and to do so safely. By the end of the chapter you should be able to:

• bring your scientific and pedagogical knowledge up to scratch in readiness to plan and teach;

• distinguish kinds of learning in science; • draw up lesson plans; • make provision to catch the interest of pupils; • take into account the need for a safe environment.