Philip Stephenson

University of Cambridge | Cam · Faculty of Education

In this paper, we discuss the rationale for using museums as alternative settings for initial teacher education in the primary sector by identifying the significance of transferring the pedagogical strategies characteristic of museum settings to primary art education. To illustrate our points, we examine the case of the "Take One Picture" initiativ...

Suggestions that there may be a significant difference in pupils ability to express the evidential value of process activities in speech and in writing have led to attempts in the UK to modify structures for writing in science. Looking across two phases of schooling, this paper notes case study evidence that points to some success in using writing...

The significance of subject knowledge in the education of science teachers is much debated nationally and internationally. Part of this debate is about what the term 'science subject knowledge' means. This paper examines two UK research studies, one from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and one from Homerton College, Cambridge, into initial...

Evidence from a range of sources including Government funded research, Ofsted reports and Local Education Authority inspection indicates that despite improved liaison between secondary schools and their associated primaries, there still appears to be a discontinuity in children's learning and experience as they move from one phase to the next. This...

The use of concept cartoons in support of the constructivist view of learning is reviewed, and two particular examples are given to show they can help students' understanding of the formation of shadows.

Pupils reaching the end of their primary schooling in the UK have some grasp of the relevance of their process activities in terms of evidential value. The majority find it easier to express this understanding verbally rather than in writing. One reason for this is the facility that pupils have for using the two modes of expression, yet it is clear...