New Approaches are needed for Science in Primary Schools

Bolden, D.; Tymms, P.; Merrell, C.

Abstract

The current approach to primary science is not working. So say the findings from a Wellcome Trust-commissioned review. The drive to raise standards in literacy and numeracy is skewing the primary curriculum. The following article summarises some of the main points from the report.

Citation

Bolden, D., Tymms, P., & Merrell, C. (2008). New Approaches are needed for Science in Primary Schools. School leadership today, 17-19

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2008
• Deposit Date: May 31, 2012
• Journal: School leadership today.
• Print ISSN: 2040-1310
• Publisher: Imaginative Minds
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 14
• Pages: 17-19
• Publisher URL: http://www.teachingtimes.com/publications/primary-leadership-today.htm