Resources by Open University Press

If the reader is a beginner researcher, the problems facing them are much the same whether they are producing a small project, an MEd dissertation or a PhD thesis.

The reader will need to select a topic,...

Early years education has become firmly established as an important part of education. This second edition celebrates good scientific practice in the early years, that is, with children up to 8 years of age.

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The introduction of the National Curriculum in science at Key Stage 1 has highlighted the need for a close look at teaching and learning in early years science.

Children are immersed in science through their...

This book from the Discovering Science series is about the Earth and its place in the universe.
Topics include:
• The view from the Earth 
• Exploring the Universe 
• Newton’s laws The Solar System 
• The Earth’s surface 
• Earthquakes 
• Volcanic activity 
• How rocks are...

This book from the Discovering Science series is about Earth and life through time.
Topics include:
• Fossils and the early history of life 
• More of life’s comings and goings 
• Minerals – the crystalline world 
• Igneous rocks – out of the melting pot 
• Sedimentary rocks –...

The main aim of these two units is to give you some insight into the methods used to reconstruct events in the Earth's history. So far, we have devoted most of our attention to the structure and evolutions of the Earth's crust. Now we examine the Earth's surface, what past environments must have been like and how...

Topics include:

• The Earth
• The Earth in the Solar System
• The Earth as a Body
• Seismic Waves and their use in determining the internal structure of the Earth
• The internal structure and composition of the Earth

This book draws on the life histories of headteachers, advisors, teachers and student teachers from black and ethnic communities to find out what their working lives are really like.

Detailed case studies and...

Educational leaders - whether in schools, colleges or higher education - are challenged with steering unprecedented change; educational management has never been more demanding. Within the context of a new 'learning...

Science teaching in schools is often criticized, especially by older students, for being too prescribed, too impersonal, too lacking in opportunity for personal judgement and creativity.

Science has become...