Questionnaire to all HEI Education Tutors involved in Science ITT

Primary and Secondary

Project: Support Pack: The TTA is funding a joint ATSE, AST, SCI centre project to provide on-line and regional support for newly appointed (and serving) tutors and mentors in science teacher education.

The purpose of this initial questionnaire is to make contact with as many colleagues as possible and to obtain information about experience and specific areas of expertise.

Please could you complete this initial questionnaire on line.  This will help us identify those who have resources they'd like to share, or contributions they'd be willing to make.

A more detailed set of questions/requests for information will be sent if you agree to take part in the project.  We will provide some funding to recompense your institution for your time devoted to this.

Questionnaire

1. Name of Institution: 
2. Number of science tutors in the Team:  Full Time    Part Time    Total fte Staff
3a. Your Name (Forename & Surname):  3b. Email
4. How many years you have been involved in science ITT in higher education?
5. My Institution would like to be kept informed about progress with this project:  YES NO

6. Would You be interested in contributing materials to the project:     YES          NO    

If you have ticked YES please read the following and complete questions 7 and 8.  

If you have ticked NO please click Submit.  

The Project aims to produce support materials (on-line and down-loadable) to help new (and existing) ITT science tutors both to organise and to teach their trainees. These materials and structures are already available in individual institutions, so the aim is to share good practice. We are asking you to identify those areas of expertise that you feel your course has something special to contribute. 

7. Please select up to five of the following topic areas (references are to the Standards in ‘02/02’) for which you are prepared to contribute materials or expertise (and add to the list any that you feel we have missed)

        (1)    Multicultural and multi-ethnic perspectives on science education (1.1)   

        (2)   Evaluating own practice (1.7)   

        (3)    Providing Subject knowledge support (2) (please indicate subject area and Key stage in 

                    section 8  below)   

        (4)   SEN in Science (2.6)   

        (5)    Objectives and planning (3.1.2)   

        (6)     Using assessment formatively (3.1.2)   

        (7)    Using other adult support (3.1.3, 3.3.13) (LSW, Technician etc.)   

        (8)    Sustainable development and citizenship.   

        (9)      Recruiting for science (R1)   

        (10)     Achievement of and evidence for ‘standards’ (R2)   

        (11)   Science aspects of Partnership management and quality assurance (R3&4)   

        (12)       

        (13)   

        (14)   

        (15)    Please Number them

                   If any Information or Comments:

                 

 (We expect that new tutors will be fully competent with issues of class management and organisation and that such will not be priorities for them, though this features very highly with trainees!)       

8. Please indicate by ticks in the table below your main subject area(s) and the professional level(s) where you would be willing to contribute materials for subject knowledge support for trainees.   
 

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Science

Foundation

KS1

KS2

KS3

KS4

16-18

Please click Submit to send it.  Thank you.

Dr Keith Ross
Science Education
University of Gloucestershire
School of Education
Francis Close Hall
Swindon Road
Cheltenham
GL50 4AZ

kross@glos.ac.uk

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