Amin Maktab
Practical work is a prominent and distinctive feature of science education. Many science teachers and others see practical work carried out by the students themselves1 as an essential element of good science teaching.
Amin Maktab
Another challenge can be helping students to learn from practical work. It’s important to make sure you have clear learning objectives for the piece of practical work you are about to carry out and to understand the role you will play in helping the students reach this objective. Practical work can in fact facilitate learning in the classroom.
Amin Maktab
Laboratory & practical classes
In many Science and Engineering disciplines students spend considerable parts of their time doing a wide range of practical or laboratory work. Here the learning is very 'hands on' and classes are designed to allow students to practise and develop a wide range of discipline-based techniques and personal skills.