Innovations of Science teaching in England….

THE NUFFIELD SCIENCE TEACHING PROJECT

FOUSIYA KROLL NO :36

THE NUFFIELD SCIENCE TEACHING PROJECT

British charitable educational foundationInitiaed in 1962 in England.

NUFFIELD TEACHING PROJECT

• Nuffield o- level physics, chemistry and biology – for average

and above average (age 11-16)

• Nuffield secondary science -for below average(age 11-13)

• Nuffield combined science -for all(age 11-13)

• Nuffield junior science -for all(age 7-11)

• Nuffield A level physics, chemistry & biology

OBJECTIVES• To make intelligible and accessible

• To make science as both intellectually and practically• To present science in a lively and exciting manner• To develop an attitude of curiosity and inquiry• To develop a critical approach to the subject• To produce a new approach to teaching

Study materials• Reading materials in the form of books

• Teachers guide• Films• Tests made of objective based item

Nuffield physics project

• Organizer- Donald McGill of the Scottish education department

• Students are made to see physics as consistent and logical whole, as a fabric knowledge in which something learnt in one place proves useful somewhere else, and later discovery throws light back on later works.