Editors:
- Builds on the reputation of the first edition which is seen as the most comprehensive and authoritative book on science education
- An essential reference for all those involved in science education research
- Distinctly international in its range of authors
- The chapters provide the most recent and advanced thinking in science education from international leaders in the field
Part of the book series: Springer International Handbooks of Education (SIHE, volume 24)
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Table of contents (96 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Sociocultural Perspectives and Urban Education
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Front Matter
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Learning and Conceptual Change
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Front Matter
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About this book
The International Handbook of Science Education is a two volume edition pertaining to the most significant issues in science education. It is a follow-up to the first Handbook, published in 1998, which is seen as the most authoritative resource ever produced in science education. The chapters in this edition are reviews of research in science education and retain the strong international flavor of the project. It covers the diverse theories and methods that have been a foundation for science education and continue to characterize this field.
Each section contains a lead chapter that provides an overview and synthesis of the field and related chapters that provide a narrower focus on research and current thinking on the key issues in that field. Leading researchers from around the world have participated as authors and consultants to produce a resource that is comprehensive, detailed and up to date. The chapters provide the most recent and advanced thinking in science education making the Handbook again the most authoritative resource in science education.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“The Handbook is international both in the sense of being aimed at the international field, and in terms of its authorship. … this book comprises an immense effort, and is an extensive resource that will inevitably be found valuable for years to come. The chapters are largely very well written, and are certainly informative. … The Handbook is a massive project and inevitably one finds things to quibble over, as well as much to admire and appreciate.” (Keith S. Taber, Science & Education, October, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
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Science & Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
Barry J. Fraser
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The Graduate Centre, City University of New York, New York, USA
Kenneth Tobin
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Ctr. Mathematics & Science Education, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia
Campbell J. McRobbie
About the editors
Barry Fraser is John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Director of the Science and Mathematics Education Centre, and Dean of Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University. He is responsible for the world's largest graduate program in science and mathematics education and a Fellow of six learned academies/associations. His research interests include learning environments, educational evaluation and science education. He is the founding Editor of Springer’s Learning Environments Research: An International Journal.
Kenneth Tobin is Presidential Professor of Urban Education at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Prior to becoming a university science educator in Australia in 1974, he taught high school physics, chemistry, biology general science and mathematics for 10 years. He began a program of research in 1973 that continues to the present day—teaching and learning of science and learning to teach science. His current research focuses on the teaching and learning of science in urban schools in New York City. He is the founding Co-editor of Springer’s Cultural Studies of Science Education.
Campbell McRobbie is Emeritus Professor and former Director of the Centre for Mathematics and Science Education at Queensland University of Technology. He has an extensive research background in education, focusing on learning environments in science, students’ conceptions of science, and design and technology education. He was editor of Springer’s Research in Science Education in its formative years as an international journal.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Second International Handbook of Science Education
Editors: Barry J. Fraser, Kenneth Tobin, Campbell J. McRobbie
Series Title: Springer International Handbooks of Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9041-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9040-0Published: 14 December 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0495-1Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9041-7Published: 13 December 2011
Series ISSN: 2197-1951
Series E-ISSN: 2197-196X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 1564
Topics: Science Education, Educational Technology, Philosophy of Education