Appendix A — Useful Contact Addresses and Resources
You can find out more about the national scheme in which this course is based at the following website: Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme (UAS) – https://www.uas.ac.uk
1. General Educational Resources
- Department for Education and Skills has a number of useful links on its website: http://www.education.gov.uk/
- The National Curriculum is available in a fully searchable form at: http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/curriculum
You may also find it useful to look at a book on educational theory, such as ‘How Children Learn’ by Ros Driver. If you cannot find it in your library, have a look at https://www.amazon.co.uk
2. Science Education and Communication
Many of these sites should also give you pointers and links towards a range of practical demonstrations, projects and ‘resource packs’ you may be able to use in the classroom:
| Organisation | Website |
|---|---|
| Royal Institution: | http://www.ri.ac.uk |
| Institute of Physics: | https://www.iop.org |
| Royal Society of Chemistry: | https://www.rsc.org |
| Engineering Technology Board: | https://www.engineeringuk.com/ |
| Royal Society: | https://www.royalsociety.org |
| Exscitec: | https://www.exscitec.com |
| Science Year/Planet Science: | https://www.planet-science.com |
| Association for Science Education: | https://www.ase.org.uk |
3. Maths
| Organisation | Website |
|---|---|
| Institute of Mathematics and its Applications: | https://www.ima.org.uk |
| London Mathematical Society: | https://www.lms.ac.uk |
| The Maths Challenge competition: | https://www.ukmt.org.uk/ |
The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics website has a number of links to useful teaching resources: https://www.ncetm.org.uk/
4. Teacher Training
The Training and Development Agency for Schools: More about Initial Teacher Training can be found at:
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/careers/traininganddevelopment/initial
5. Child Protection
You can find out more about child protection issues, Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks, and what you need to be aware of when working with children at the following sites:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service