Some common barriers

As you have discussed in the previous step there are many barriers which teachers may face when considering carrying out a practical science lesson.

Here are some of the most common ones:

• Lack of resources
• Lack of time
• Lack of teacher confidence
• Concerns over children’s behaviour
• Lack of subject knowledge
• Class size

You will discover some ideas to help overcome some of these barriers in the following steps. In particular we focus on resourcing and managing children’s behaviour.