Primary Science Education in East Asia
A Critical Comparison of Systems and Strategies
Editors: Lee, Yew-Jin, Tan, Jason (Eds.)
Free Preview- Brings together for the first time a state-of-the-art critical review across six states in East AsiaCasts a scholarly eye on six states that have performed well on international tests
- Offers a distinctive synthetic understanding across broad but significant themes
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This edited volume is a state-of-the-art comparison of primary science education across six East-Asian regions; namely, the People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, and Singapore. While news of educational policies, classroom teaching, assessment, and other educational innovations here often surface in the international media, this book brings together for the first time relevant information regarding educational systems and strategies in primary science in East Asia. Above all, it is a readable yet comprehensive survey—readers would have an accurate sense of what has been accomplished, what has not worked so well, and what remains to be done. Invited experts in comparative education research and/or science education also provide commentary by discussing common themes across the six regions. These types of critical synoptic reviews add much value by enabling readers to understand broad commonalities and help synthesize what must surely be a bewildering amount of very interesting albeit confusing body of facts, issues, and policies. Education in East Asia holds many lessons (both positive and negative) to offer to the rest of the world to which this volume is a timely contribution to the literature.
- Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-15
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Primary Science Education in Hong Kong
Pages 19-48
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Elementary Science Education in Japan
Pages 49-77
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Primary Science Education in China
Pages 79-105
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Primary Science Education in Taiwan
Pages 107-128
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Primary Science Education in East Asia
- Book Subtitle
- A Critical Comparison of Systems and Strategies
- Editors
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- Yew-Jin Lee
- Jason Tan
- Series Title
- Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
- Series Volume
- 47
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-97167-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-97167-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-97165-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-07313-8
- Series ISSN
- 1878-0482
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 262
- Number of Illustrations
- 26 b/w illustrations
- Topics
