Overview
Offers insights into issues and practices in science education research conducted in Asia Pacific in particular
Informs science teachers on emerging themes in curriculum making and innovative teaching practices
Provides a comprehensive overview of key themes in science education
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Practices of Science
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Societal and Affective Dimensions of Science
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Teacher Professional Development
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About this book
This book is based on presentations at the International Science Education Conference (ISEC) 2014. It showcases a selection of the best papers by researchers and science teachers from the Asia-Pacific region, North America and the United Kingdom. Centered on the theme of “Pushing the boundaries – Investing in our future”, they pursue new ways of helping learners appreciate the diversity and changes in science that result from a globalised world facing complex and diverse environmental and technological issues. The chapters touch on various themes in science education that explore and investigate issues of scientific literacy, societal challenges and affect, and teacher professional development. Its comprehensive themes make it a valuable textbook for graduate students of master’s and Ph.D. programs. It also appeals to pre-service and in-service teachers as a resource on innovative pedagogical practices and creative methods of professional development. With a selection that emphasises the research-practice nexus in education research, it serves as an introductory handbook for teachers to connect with the current issues facing science education.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
TEO Tang Wee is an equity scholar in science education. Currently, she is an assistant professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She graduated from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2007. Her current research focuses on critical studies of science education. She examines equity issues confronted by lower track students, low- and under-achievers, and special needs students when learning science. To date, she has been awarded six research grants (exceeding SGD500K in value) as principal investigator. She is an editor of one book and has guest edited three special issues published in journals. Currently, she serves as an associate editor and editorial board member of three journals.
Kok-Sing TANG is a senior lecturer at the Science & Mathematics Education Centre (SMEC) at Curtin University. He was formerly an assistant professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He holds a BA and MSc in Physics from the University of Cambridge and a MA and PhD in Education from the University of Michigan. His current research examines the disciplinary literacy and multimodal discourse of science, and he has published widely in Science Education, Journal of Engineering Education, International Journal of Science Education, and Language Sciences. Kok-Sing was the co-chairperson for the International Science Education Conference (ISEC) 2014.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Science Education Research and Practice in Asia-Pacific and Beyond
Editors: Jennifer Yeo, Tang Wee Teo, Kok-Sing Tang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5149-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5148-7Published: 24 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5332-1Published: 29 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5149-4Published: 16 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 214
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations
Topics: Science Education