CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY SCIENCE 7: TEACHER'S RESOURCE
About the authors Mary Jones
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Mary obtained an MSc in Zoology from the University of Oxford. She has worked as a teacher and a lecturer in different types of educational institution, teaching students of all ages. Mary’s greatest interest is in sharing her love of science with young learners. She has written many textbooks, in which she aims to encourage learners to ‘think like a scientist’. Her long involvement in examining and in international training has given her insight into the difficulties that learners all over the world have in understanding some topics in science, and this has informed her writing approach. She is passionate about the need to develop skills rather than just accumulating knowledge – skills that are vital for students to be successful as they move into higher education or the world of work.
Diane Fellowes-Freeman
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Diane was a teacher for almost 40 years, mostly as Head of the Science Department at several large state schools in the south of England. She has taught all three sciences to students of all abilities up to GCSE and biology and chemistry to A Level. With so many changes in science courses over this time she has developed many new resources to meet the new specifications and to help her students. When her own children were young she spent some time teaching (mainly science) at their primary school, which was a new, fascinating and enjoyable experience.
She is passionate about engaging students in science so that they are able to understand and appreciate more about the world around them. It is important they see the relevance of science to their future.
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Throughout her career she loved learning from other teachers and trying new techniques. One of the most enjoyable and rewarding parts of her job was mentoring many teacher training students and teachers who were newly qualified. Whilst still teaching full time she did some work for Cambridge University Press but the first big project was for the previous Checkpoint edition. She has been fortunate to be invited to speak at a number of Cambridge overseas training events in Dubai, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. It is always a delight to meet so many teachers and share ideas and skills. Her hope is that teachers will find this new edition gives them more help to develop their skills and provide an excellent foundation in science for all their learners.
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