PSQM Publications and Research
Publications:
March 2022
Response to the Ofsted Research Review for Science: Guidance for Primary Schools
The Ofsted Research Review for Science published in February 2022 has been welcomed by the sector and has stimulated much discussion, debate and collaboration. This guidance document has been brought together by the Primary Science Quality Mark, The University of Manchester’s SEERIH and the Association for Science Education and is designed for teachers, senior leaders and professionals with an interest in how the review relates to primary science practice in particular. The guidance:
- clarifies points and issues raised in the review
- considers how these impact on primary science expertise and leadership
- includes myths and misinterpretation of the issues to be challenged
- prompts next steps for primary science leaders and teacher
- To view a recording of the launch event go to: https://vimeo.com/693010906/6c0375068a
January 2022
Researching Professional Development Leaders
This report is based on a small-scale study into professional development leaders who work with and for The Primary Science Quality Mark and The Ogden Trust. The aim of the study is to better understand the ways in which these professional development leaders, and others who operate in similar roles for other organisations, can be supported.
The report, commissioned by The Trust and produced by Sheffield Institute of Education (Sheffield Hallam University), will contribute to the collective understanding of effective practice in supporting practitioners operating in the role of professional development leaders.
September 2021
Second report
Clare Warren
September 2020
Evaluator's Report: The impact of Science across the City (Stoke on Trent OA)
Clare Warren
May 2018
Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire School of Education have prepared a set of videos to illustrate what the principles of good science learning, teaching and leading in primary schools might mean for:
- children
- teachers
- science leaders (teachers leading science in their primary school)
- senior leadership team
- governors
- parents
These findings have arisen from our research project investigating what is understood by good science learning, teaching and leadership in primary school, for those involved in the Primary Science Quality Mark Programme (PSQM). The researchers are hoping that they will provoke conversations around the nature of primary science within schools and that they might prompt development of practice.
For more information about the project and a Good Science poster to download visit go.herts.ac.uk/primaryscienceresearch
February 2017
Developing teachers as leaders of science in primary schools Pages 64-71
Julia Mackintosh, Elizabeth White and Claire Dickerson
August 2015
Supporting ongoing teacher development through Primary Science Quality Mark
Jane Turner and Stuart Naylor
April 2013
What can we learn about current practice in primary science teaching and learning in England from the Primary Science Quality Mark award programme?
Jane Turner with Steve Marshall, Adam Farley and Lydia Harriss
Research
PSQM is a research-active programme based in the University of Hertfordshire: School of Education.
PSQM is one of six Academic Collaborators supported by the Primary Science Teaching Trust . Find out more here.
One of the key objectives for PSQM is to:
- To assemble and make accessible to the wider science education community a rich data base of current practice in primary science.
PSQM carries out its own research into primary science practice and also collaborates with researchers in other HEIs.