The world of science education : : handbook of research in australasia / / Stephen M. Ritchie.

• Superior document: Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Science Education ; 5/2
• VerfasserIn: Ritchie, Steve, 1953-
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Science Education ; 5/2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Includes index.

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, North Africa and the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The focus of this Handbook is on Australasia (a region loosely recognized as that which includes Australia and New Zealand plus nearby Pacific nations such as Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, and the Samoan islands) science education and the scholarship that most closely supports this program. The reviews of the research situate what has been accomplished within a given field in Australasian rather than 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 review what has been done and accomplished, what is missing, and what might be done next.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Stephen M. Ritchie -- Introduction / Stephen M. Ritchie -- The Genesis of Science Education Research in Australasia / Peter J. Fensham -- Exploring the Tension and Synergies between Science and Technology in Science Education / Alister Jones -- School Science and Environmental Education / Keith Skamp -- Falling into Place / Elizabeth McKinley and Georgina Stewart -- Representation and Learning in Science in Australasia / Vaughan Prain and Bruce Waldrip -- Theorising Learning in Science / Beverley Bell , Bronwen Cowie and Alister Jones -- Inspiring Students with the Joy and Wonder of Science? Key Australasian Contributions to Research on Student Attitudes to Science / Renato Schibeci -- Science Classroom Learning Environments / Barry J. Fraser -- Science Education in Rural Areas: Exploring the Issues, Challenges and Future Directions / Debra Panizzon -- Out-of-School Learning in Science: Science Museums and Field Trips / Léonie J. Rennie -- Conceptual Change in Science: Research at the Forefront over the past Three Decades / Richard F. Gunstone and David F. Treagust -- Learning and Teaching Science with Analogies and Metaphors / Peter Aubusson , David Treagust and Allan Harrison -- The Pedagogy of Practical Work in Science / Bev France and Mavis Haigh -- The Evolution of Assessment Purposes and Practices / Bronwen Cowie -- Focusing on the Science Teacher / Russell Tytler and Linda Darby -- Science Teacher Leadership for Transforming the Curriculum and Classroom Practice / Stephen M. Ritchie and Peter Hudson -- Using a Research Agenda to inform Teaching Science Teaching / John Loughran -- Index / Stephen M. Ritchie.