Despite efforts from No Child Left Behind to promote 'highly qualified' teaching, recent research shows that just 36 percent of new secondary science teachers are teaching only in their trained ...

Research shows that just 36 percent of new science teachers are teaching only in their trained subject. Ryan Nixon spent four years studying matter, energy and the universe—and learning how to teach ...

Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary sciences is the combination of different scientific disciplines to tackle some of the world's most pressing issues. Interdisciplinary sciences combine courses ...

As Mitchell Burriss moved from year 11 to year 12, he faced a dilemma. The passionate chemistry student and Fort Street High School pupil found, to his surprise, he was not enjoying physics. Enter ...

Fee-paying schools give students the edge in physics and chemistry while girls’ schools and DEIS schools lag behind, analysis of the Leaving Cert subject choices of more than 6,000 Irish children ...

A DOUBLE dose of maths and science is by far the most popular combination of Year 12 subjects, the SACE Board has revealed on the eve of the biggest week of exams. There are 516 students preparing for ...