Issues in Science Education - links to short summaries of topics tackled by the CATS at Glasgow University (Word files):-

Attitudes To Science

Gender Preferences in Learning Science

Specialist or generalist

The role of practical tasks

Using Language to Learn Science


Essential Reading for this training

National Guidelines 5-14 Environmental Studies (Interactive on the ISE 5-14 website or LTS publication online or in print)
Science Inside The Black Box - Paul Black and Christine Harrison (nfer Nelson ISBN 0 7087 1444 7)
Active Assessment - Stuart Naylor and Brenda Keogh with Anne Goldsworthy (Millgate House Publishers. David Fulton Publishers.)
ISE 5-14 Teacher Support Pack (Learning and Teaching Scotland)
Be Safe - Third Edition (Association for Science Education - available from SSERC)