Maintaining curiosity Time for learners to develop science practical skills (secondary)  In secondary schools, the best providers made sure that stud
{"Image DocumentName": "Time for learners to develop science practical skills (secondary)", "Image ImageDescription": "In secondary schools, the best providers made sure that students following the three separate science GCSE courses had enough timetabled lessons to learn the subject content through the best approach: namely practical work based on scientific enquiry. The alternative, squeezing three GCSE subjects into the teaching time for two resulted in students doing only the minimum practical work necessary to meet the assessment criteria of the course. That resulted in dull practise of some of the necessary skills in isolation, without the students having the experience of connecting the practical activity with a big idea in science. Maintaining curiosity. Slide 33 of 37.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}