>
>The Reading Chemical Education Modelling Group
>Understanding chemistry through modelling
>
>Annual Conference 2001 - A model is not just a way of seeing - it is
>a way of thinking
>
>Saturday June 16th
>9.30 am - 4.00 pm
>School of Education
>Bulmershe Court
>The University of Reading
>
>Provisional programme
>
>0930 Welcome and introduction
>0940 Ideas and evidence:
>Personalities and technology in the creation of the chemical
>equation. John Oversby
>1030 Break
>1100 Two workshops on children's ideas:
>Word equations
>Chemical formulae
>1215 Lunch break
>1315 Teachers as researchers - CPD through researching
>1345 Two workshops on children's ideas:
>Word equations
>Balancing chemical equations
>1430 Workshop: RSC misconceptions project. Keith Taber (Homerton)
>1530 The way forward followed by tea
>Who is it for?
>
>Key Stages 3 and 4 teachers of science who wish update their
>knowledge of teaching chemistry.
>Post -16 teachers of chemistry
>Secondary student teachers
>Advisers and consultants
>Six teachers, Sheelagh Bowker, Hilary Ellison, Ginny Kearton,
>Annette Simpson, Frances Soul, Gill ter Kuile, will lead workshops
>arising from their research on understandings of chemical equations
>to 11-16 pupils.
>
>The schools involved are Biddenham Upper School, Court Moor School,
>Cove School, Maiden Erlegh School.
>
>The project was sponsored by DfEE.
>
>Registration is required in advance by 13th June
>
>Send your Name, School, Address and Telephone Number together with a
>cheque for £5 (payable to John Oversby) to:
>
>John Oversby
>School of Education
>The University of Reading
>Bulmershe Court
>Reading, RG6 1HY
>(Tel for information 0118 931 8869, via Helen Apted)
>
>Registration includes morning and afternoon refreshments and sample material.
>Some materials will be available for sale.
>Lunch will be available for purchase on site. Please indicate if you
>are likely to need this.
>A map is available on request.


>For details, see the web site below. It may be too far for some (but
>all are welcome) but we hope to provide a summary at this web site.
>Please pass on the message to anyone else who may be interested.
>
>John Oversby
>
>
>http://www.chem.rdg.ac.uk/teachers/equations_conference_flier.html

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Dr. Keith S. Taber
Senior Lecturer in Science Education
Homerton College, University of Cambridge

Royal Society of Chemistry Teacher Fellow 2000-2001

Visiting Fellow
Science & Technology Group
University of London Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way
London
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