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Research and the Quality of Science Education

  • Represents the state of the art in the field of research in science education
  • Selected out of 300 conference papers on their originality and quality

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Science curriculum innovation

    1. 40 Years of Curriculum Development

      • Jon Ogborn
      Pages 57-65
    2. Characteristics of Meaningful Chemistry Education

      • Hanna Westbroek, Kees Klaassen, Astrid Bulte, Albert Pilot
      Pages 67-76
    3. Cross-Curricular Collaboration in Teaching Social Aspects of Genetics

      • Mary Ratcliffe, Richard Harris, Jenny McWhirter
      Pages 77-88
  3. Science teacher education

    1. Science Teacher Education: Issues and Proposals

      • Dimitris Psillos, Anna Spyrtou, Petros Kariotoglou
      Pages 119-128
    2. Chemistry Teachers Research Their Own Work: Two Case Studies

      • Rachel Mamlok-Naaman, Oshrit Navon, Miriam Carmeli, Avi Hofstein
      Pages 141-155
    3. Teaching Concepts in Contexts: Designing a Chemistry Teacher Course in a Curriculum Innovation

      • Machiel Stolk, Astrid Bulte, Onno de Jong, Albert Pilot
      Pages 169-180
  4. Teaching-learning sequences in science education

    1. Designing and Evaluating Short Science Teaching Sequences: Improving Student Learning

      • John Leach, Jaume Ametller, Andy Hind, Jenny Lewis, Philip Scott
      Pages 209-220
    2. Discussing a Research Programme for the Improvement of Science Teaching

      • Björn Andersson, Frank Bach, Mats Hagman, Clas Olander, Anita Wallin
      Pages 221-230

About this book

In August 2003 over 400 researchers in the field of science education from all over the world met at the 4th ESERA conference in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. During the conference 300 papers about actual issues in the field, such as the learning of scientific concepts and skills, scientific literacy, informal science learning, science teacher education, modeling in science education were presented.

The book contains 40 of the most outstanding papers presented during the conference. These papers reflect the quality and variety of the conference and represent the state of the art in the field of research in science education.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Utrecht University, The Netherlands

    Kerst Boersma, Onno Jong, Harrie Eijkelhof

  • University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    Martin Goedhart

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 189.00
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Softcover Book USD 239.00
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Hardcover Book USD 329.99
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