This report from Ofsted focused on the initial teacher training (ITT) in science for primary teachers. The inspection survey took place during the academic year 2000/01. At the time recent inspections of primary initial teacher training (ITT) had focused on training to teach either english or mathematics and also...

A 1981 project which set out to bring non-specialist scientific literacy to the post-16 curriculum, Science in Society was one of the first high-profile UK science courses to include topics with wide political implications. A major influence on the choice and treatment of topics was the...

The Science in Society readers were written to provide a range of resource materials for class use. Each reader was about 60 pages long made up of articles from experts after extensive editing by the central team. Readers included tables of data, charts and graphs but relatively few pictures.

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A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at many diseases, describing their traits and treatments, preventative measures and effects on society.

Contents:
1. Medical services today
2. What is...

A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at aspects of healthcare in society including the development of drugs using animal experimentation and care of the elderly, dying and bereaved.

Contents:
1...

A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at the importance of good diet and nutrition. The book then considers the problems of food supply and distribution across the world from the viewpoint of the 1980s.

A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at the role of agriculture and farming in societies across the world in the 1980s. The book considers the need for energy in order to produce food, the use of eco-systems and food chains, and the effects of farming...

A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at society's use of electricity and considers nuclear power. The book then discusses alternative sources of energy and the risks that were envisaged in the 1980s.

A reader from the Science in Society series which looks at the mining industry, its geological background and the need to make better use of waste products.

Contents:

1. The Earth

2. Mining: some examples of mining operations

3. The mining industry

4. Reclamation and recycling...

This reader from the Science in Society series looks at the challenges faced by industry in society including the need for good management practices, methods of production and investment.

Contents:
1. Teamwork in...

This reader from the Science in Society series looks at the functions of industry and its responsibilities to society to not cause damage to people or the environment.

Contents:
1. From the laboratory to the...

This book from the Science in Society series looks at the interaction of science with society and religion, how scientific methods develop and the questions of religious and scientific beliefs.

Contents:
1. Being...

A book from the Science in Society series which follows the history of science alongside the changes in society, from the ancient to the modern world of the 1980s.

Contents:
1. Science, technology and society in...

Part of the Science in Society series, Looking to the Future describes the remit of the series; looking at the impact of science on society and the need for decisions and choices to be made on an informed basis.

The...

This book from the Science in Society series, discusses the role of nuclear weapons in defence in the 1980s and also looks at energy consumption, the need for conservation and ways to even out inequalities in society.