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 Bridging the Gap

CPD to support  Curriculum for Excellence in Science
Sponsored by the Scottish Government
 

Programme         Course Structure       Registration     From last session 

Practically-based, residential workshops for Primary teachers. Participants will receive resources and equipment for use in the classroom.
 

Programme for 2008 – 2009

Building on the evident success of the 2007 – 2008 CPD programme run by SSERC and its partners, we are offering residential courses to support Curriculum for Excellence. Each of these courses will follow an interactive approach with a focus on practical work and active learning. We will address how contemporary issues and the associated science can be explored through the curriculum.

Links to final programmes for individual courses will eventually appear on this page.

Course structure

Each of the courses will run in two parts. Typically, Part 1 of the courses will start on a Thursday morning and finish shortly after lunch on Saturday; Part 2 will run from Friday until Saturday.
Teaching approaches to support learning will be key features of these courses. Equipment and resources (whose value is in excess of the registration fee) to aid implementation in the classroom will be given to participants.

Participants will be expected to undertake, between Parts 1 and 2 of the course, a classroom-based project – the so-called ‘Gap Task’. Previous experience has shown that, as a result of this approach, participants have access to a host of new ideas and methodologies to use in their teaching.
 

Registration

Application forms for individual courses can be downloaded from the following links :-

Subject	Word (427 Kb)	pdf (230 Kb)	Dates
			Part 1 (2008)	Part 2 (2009)	Apply by :
PrimaryA			Thursday 30th October - Saturday 1st November 2008	coming soon
PrimaryB			Thursday 4th - Saturday 6th December 2008	coming soon

E-mail: cpd@sserc.org.uk  Forms should be returned to SSERC three weeks prior to the course start date.

The registration fee is £100 to include accommodation (2 nights part one, 1 night part two), dinner, bed and breakfast.  All participants will be invoiced one week prior to the start of the course. 

Please note that these courses are underpinned and supported from a variety of third-party sources.  Attendance at Part 1 and Part 2 is compulsory.  In the event of failure to attend both Part 1 and Part 2 of the course, without adequate reason, the full estimated cost of the residential course (£500) will be charged.  Please ensure that your institution is aware of this rule prior to submission of your registration

These residential courses are sponsored by the Scottish Government and are designed and organized by a partnership which includes: the Institute of Physics in Scotland, Royal Society of Chemistry, SAPS Scotland, The University of Edinburgh (the School of Chemistry, SIBE) and SSERC.

"I’m more aware of the experimental techniques available to classes at all levels."

"I am leaving this course very inspired and motivated to use these good
practices in my classroom and within the wider school."

"Getting ready-made resources to use back at school was excellent."

"The gap task has given me new ideas for different approaches to my teaching."