The world of science education : : handbook of research in the Arab States / / Saouma BouJaoude and Zoubeida R. Dagher.

• Superior document: Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Science Education ; Volume 3
• VerfasserIn: Bū Jawdah, SÌ£ūmā,; Dagher, Zoubeida R.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Dagher, Zoubeida R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Boston ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Cultural and historical perspectives on science education ; Volume 3.
• 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 Arab states 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 Arab 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 / Saouma BouJaoude and Zoubeida R. Dagher -- Introduction: Science Education in Arab States / Saouma Boujaoude and Zoubeida R. Dagher -- Curriculum in Arab States: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives / Munir Bashshur -- The Impact of Contextual Variables on Science Achievement in Arab Countries: Results from Timss 2003 / Murad Jurdak -- Epistemology of Science in Curriculum Standards of Four Arab Countries / Zoubeida R. Dagher -- Language of Instruction and Science Education in the Arab Region: Toward a Situated Research Agenda / Tamer G. Amin -- Professional Development Through Applied Engagement: Egyptian Teacher Opportunities for Professional Growth Grants / Fouad Abd-El-Khalick -- Religion and Science Education: an Egyptian Perspective / Nasser Mansour -- Role of Unesco and its Regional Partners in Promoting Science Education in Arab States / Ghada Gholam -- Science Education in Jordan / Sumaya Al-Muhtaseb and Mahmoud Al-Weher -- Outcomes of a Half-Century of Science Education in Maghreb Countries / Fouad Chafiqi and Andrée Tiberghien -- Science Education Development in the Sultanate of Oman / Abdullah Ambusaidi and Ali Al-Shuaili -- Science Education Research in Lebanon (2003–2008): Trends and Issues / Saouma Boujaoude , Fouad Abd-El-Khalick and Fadi El-Hage -- Meta-Issues Involved in Research in Arab States: Reflections of a Social Scientist / Adnan El-Amine -- Challenges and Opportunities for Science Education in the Arab Region / Zoubeida R. Dagher and Saouma Boujaoude -- Contributors to this Volume / Saouma BouJaoude and Zoubeida R. Dagher.