This Reader brings together a wide range of material to present an international perspective on topical issues in science education today. In order to identify what themes should be addressed in the book, thirty-eight science educators from around the world responded to the question: 'What issues are currently important in science education in your country?' The outcome is this lively and authoritative Reader, which features topics as varied as: globalisation assessment pupil's views on science education environmental education teaching approaches teacher development multimedia and ICT constructivism. With a specially written introduction from the editor, providing a much-needed context to the current education climate, students of science education will find this Reader an important route map to further reading and understanding.
Author(s): John Gilbert
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 296
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Science education: global or national......Page 12
Some pressures being exerted on science education......Page 24
Globalization and education: an introduction......Page 26
Science education and economic development: trends, relationships, and research agenda......Page 33
Scientific literacy......Page 50
Maintaining a continuity of achievement in science education......Page 64
Conceptual change a powerful framework for improving science teaching and learning......Page 67
Teacher talk and meaning making in science classrooms: a Vygotskian analysis and review......Page 85
The place of argumentation in the pedagogy of school science......Page 108
Interactive multimedia and model-based learning in biology......Page 121
Trends in science education at national level......Page 158
Science communication with the public: a cross-cultural event......Page 160
The interaction of students' scientific and religious discourses: two case studies......Page 179
Purposes for assessment......Page 200
Some initiatives from within science education......Page 212
Time for action: science education for an alternative future......Page 214
Mutualism: a different agenda for environmental and science education......Page 239
Managing change in science education......Page 254
Planning, doing, and coping with change......Page 256
A model for achieving teacher development......Page 269
