Overview
- This book offers accounts of a wide range of key topics in science education, relevant to undergraduate and post-graduate courses
- Chapters offer accessible, but scholarly, introductions suitable as stand-alone briefings, and as launching-points for exploring topics in more depth
- Contributions are prepared by an international authorship with expertise in science teaching, science teacher preparation and development, and research
Part of the book series: New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education (NDMS)
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Table of contents (41 chapters)
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Introduction
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Nature of Science and Science Education
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Thinking and Learning in Science
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The Science Curriculum
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About this book
Science Education: An International Course Companion allows readers (such as those preparing for school science teaching, or seeking more advanced specialist qualifications) to obtain a broad familiarity with key issues across the field as well as guiding wider reading about particular topics of interest. The book therefore acts as a reader to support learning across courses in science education internationally. The broad coverage of topics is such that that the book will support students following a diverse range of courses and qualifications. The comprehensive nature of the book will allow course leaders and departments to nominate the book as the key reader to support students – their core ‘course companion’ in science education."
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Science Education
Book Subtitle: An International Course Companion
Editors: Keith S. Taber, Ben Akpan
Series Title: New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-749-8
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-749-8Published: 27 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 606
Topics: Education, general