The world of science education : : science education research in Asia / / edited by Yew-Jin Lee.

• Superior document: Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Science Education ; 10/4
• TeilnehmendeR: Lee, Yew-Jin,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Boston ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Science Education ; 10/4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Each volume in the 7-volume series The World of Science Education reviews research in a key region of the world. These regions include North America, South and Latin America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe and Israel, Arab States, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The focus of this Handbook is on science education in Asia and the scholarship that most closely supports this program. The reviews of the research situate what has been accomplished within a given field in an Asian rather than an international context. The purpose therefore is to articulate and exhibit regional networks and trends that produced specific forms of science education. The thrust lies in identifying the roots of research programs and sketching trajectories—focusing the changing façade of problems and solutions within regional contexts. The approach allows readers to review what has been done and accomplished, what is missing and what might be done next.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Yew-Jin Lee -- Introduction / Yew-Jin Lee -- Science Education in Bangladesh / M. Shahjahan Mian Tapan -- Science Education Research in Taiwan / Chin-Chung Tsai and Ying-Tien Wu -- Science Education Research in Singapore: Adapting to the Winds of Change / Aik-Ling Tan -- Personal Reflection on the Evolution of Secondary School Theories in Chemistry Teaching and Learning in China / Zhixin Liu Liu -- The Changes in Science Curricula in China After 1976: A Reflective Review / Bing Wei -- Thai Science Educators’ Visions of Reform: Personal Journeys / Vantipa Roadrangka , Naruemon Yutakom and Deborah Tippins -- Science Education for Young Children in Taiwan / Yen-Ting Chen , Jyh-Chong Liang , Meng-Lung Lai and Fung-Yuen Chang -- Qualitative Methods in Asian Science Education Research / Sungwon Hwang and Wolff-Michael Roth -- Rethinking the Context and Social Foundation of Science Education / Jinwoong Song -- “Science-Educationizing” Schools / Masakata Ogawa -- Toward an Expansion of Science Education Through Real-Life Activities in Japan / Katsuhiro Yamazumi -- Any Language can be the Medium of Instruction of School Science, But... / Ken Kawasaki -- One Country Two Systems / Benny Hin Wai Yung , Fei Yin Lo , Siu Ling Wong and Dong Sheng Fu -- Addressing the Challenges of the Assessment Reform in Secondary Science in Hong Kong / May Hung May Cheng -- A Blow to a Decade of Effort on Promoting Teaching of Nature of Science / Siu Ling Wong , Benny Hin Wai Yung and Maurice Man Wai Cheng -- Digitizing Scientific Boundaries / Steven J. Zuiker -- Analysis of Web-Information Searching Behaviors of Taiwanese Students in Science Courses / Gwo-Jen Hwang , Pei-Shan Tsai and Chin-Chung Tsai -- Development of an Entrepreneurial Science Thinking (EnSciT) Module for Secondary Science Education in Malaysia / Nor Aishah Buang , Lilia Halim , T. Subahan M. Meerah and Kamisah Osman -- Situating Science Inquiry in a Knowledge Creation Metaphor of Learning / Jennifer Yeo and Yew-Jin Lee -- Education for Disadvantaged Students in Thailand / Thasaneeya Ratanaroutai -- Combating Learning Hurdles Arising out of Social Deprivation / Sudhakar C. Agarkar -- Seeking for Empowerment and Social Justice Through Science Education in Nepal / Bhaskar Upadhyay , Jagdish Chandra Regmi and Uttam Sharma -- Community Immersion as a Context for Relevant Science Teacher Preparation in the Philippines / Deborah J. Tippins and Vicente C. Handa -- Index / Yew-Jin Lee.