Ed Walsh took over @FreedomtoTeach for British Science Week 2017 to discuss the GCSE (9-1) specification. Ed covered the following questions:
Q1. What are the main challenges that you’ve encountered?
Q2. How are you tracking students’ progress?
Q3. What’s the most effective provision for students forecast for grades 1 to 3, and for grades 8 to 9?
Q4. What are you enjoying most about teaching the new specification?
Q5. What are the challenges and opportunities for organising science as a five year (11-16) course?
British Science Week 2017 Recap – Ed Walsh takes over @FreedomtoTeach Twitter
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