The world of science education : : handbook of research in north america / / edited by Wolff-Michael Roth & Kenneth Tobin.

• TeilnehmendeR: Roth, Wolff-Michael, 1953-; Tobin, Kenneth George, 1944-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Science Education 2/1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Theory and Method in Science Education /; Sociocultural and Cultural-Historical Frameworks for Science Education /; A Critical and Creative Inquiry into School Science Inquiry /; Inquiry Science as a Language of Possibility in Troubled Times /; Qualitative Methods in Science Education /; Quantitative Methods in Science Education /; Modeling Student Development in Science Education /; Beyond Method /; Teaching and Learning Science /; Genesis and Evolution of the Learning Cycle /; Technology to Support Science Education /; Learning for Life /; Undergraduate Biochemistry Education /; Science Communication, Language, and Literacy /; Insights and Contributions of Discourse Studies on Talking Science /; Scientific Literacy: Past Research, Present Conceptions, and Future Developments /; Nonverbal Aspects of Communication and Interaction and their Role in Teaching and Learning Science /; Taking Seriously Reading of Science /; Writing in Classroom Science /; Research on Inscriptions /; Equity in Science Education /; Low Status and Positionality of African Americans /; We are More Different than Alike /; Diversity and Equity in Science Education for Asians in North America /; The Power of the Earth is a Circle /; Feminisms and a World Not Yet /; Gender Differences in Science /; Context and Science Education /; Research Priorities for Transforming Urban Science Education /; Evolution of an Urban Research Program /; Teaching for Social Justice in Urban Science Education /; Cogenerative Dialogues /; As if Local People and Places Mattered /; Science Teacher Education /; Exploring Science Teacher Education /; Learning to Teach Science /; Engaging Preservice Secondary Science Teachers with Inquiry Activities /; Improving Science Education /; The Context for Developing Leadership In Mathematics and Science Education /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9087907478
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Wolff-Michael Roth & Kenneth Tobin.

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 North American (Canada, US) 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 North American rather an 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.