This document gives all members an overview and summary of all policies. Individual policy documents are 1-2 sides of A4 in length. They are all available on this web site. The summary was launched at the ASE Annual Meeting at Liverpool University in January 1998 and copies of the summary below were sent to all members with the journal Education in Science. The term learners is used to encompass learners of all ages.
Institution is used throughout to denote any formal place of learning.
Headteacher is used to cover principals in post-16 institutions as well as headteachers of schools. Governing Bodies includes School Boards. The Association is committed to high quality science education in all institutions. The Association believes that there are many features which contribute to high quality learning in science, including challenging and interesting learning activities which support development of skills in science, knowledge and understanding of science and attitudes towards science. The Association believes that there are some important features which contribute to high quality teaching including enthusiasm, sound subject knowledge, good pedagogical content knowledge and, fundamentally, the ability to provide the circumstances for high quality learning.