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This programme illustrates some ideas and techniques that are being used to enrich the science curriculum in a class at the Park Wood Middle School, Bedford. The eleven year old pupils discuss vari...ous stages of a project that they are working on in which they are trying to teach a gerbil to work its way through a maze. The steps of the project include: a) using texts and source materials available in the school, b) reading fictional accounts related to their subject. In this case "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh" (1975, Puffin) by Robert C. O'Brien. c) discussing alone and with their teacher any changes of opinion or attitude that resulted from reading the story. The programme is introduced by Elizabeth Grugeon who is a consultant to the Course Team.
This programme illustrates some ideas and techniques that are being used to enrich the science curriculum in a class at the Park Wood Middle School, Bedford. The eleven year old pupils discuss vari...ous stages of a project that they are working on in which they are trying to teach a gerbil to work its way through a maze. The steps of the project include: a) using texts and source materials available in the school, b) reading fictional accounts related to their subject. In this case "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh" (1975, Puffin) by Robert C. O'Brien. c) discussing alone and with their teacher any changes of opinion or attitude that resulted from reading the story. The programme is introduced by Elizabeth Grugeon who is a consultant to the Course Team.
| Module code and title: | PE231, Reading development |
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| Item code: | PE231; 04 |
| Recording date: | 26-04-1977 |
| First transmission date: | 04-06-1977 |
| Published: | 1977 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:28 |
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| Producer: | David Seligman |
| Contributor: | Elizabeth Grugeon |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Literature; Project; Science |
| Master spool number: | TLN07950H127 |
| Production number: | TLN07950H127 |
| Available to public: | no |
