The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Science EducationJohn Gilbert 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:
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. |
Contents
Structuring the issues to be addressed | 6 |
PART I | 13 |
trends relationships | 22 |
Assessing the state of current research | 31 |
Scientific literacy | 39 |
PART II | 53 |
The place of argumentation in the pedagogy of school science | 97 |
Interactive multimedia and modelbased learning in biology | 110 |
97 | 142 |
PART III | 147 |
Purposes for assessment | 189 |
PART IV | 201 |
PART V | 243 |
A model for achieving teacher development | 258 |