Science Education in India: Philosophical, Historical, and Contemporary Conversations

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 History of Science in India: Focus on Pre-vedic and Vedic Times  (Madhavi Tandon)....Pages 3-26
 Incubating Western Science Education in Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries in India  (Tenzin Sonam)....Pages 27-45
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 Textual Texture of School Science  (Gurjeet Kaur)....Pages 49-66
 Examining Pre-service Science Teachers Pedagogical Orientations in an Era of Change in India  (Garima Bansal, Umesh Ramnarain, David Schuster)....Pages 67-89
 A Comparative Case Study of Primary Science Teachers’ Beliefs and Orientations  (Vanashri Nargund-Joshi, Meredith Park Rogers, Deepali Bhagwate)....Pages 91-112
 How Can Action Research Sustain Systematic and Structured Thinking in Participating Teachers?  (Neeraja Raghavan)....Pages 113-126
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 Addressing Diversity in Indian Science Classrooms  (Rekha Koul)....Pages 129-142
 Connecting Formal Science Classroom Learning to Community, Culture and Context in India  (Sameer Honwad, Erica Jablonski, Eleanor Abrams, Michael Middleton, Ian Hanley, Elaine Marhefka et al.)....Pages 143-162
 Talent Identification and Talent Nurture: The Indian Story  (Aniket Sule)....Pages 163-177
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 Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn STEM Through a Makerspace Approach  (Rachel Sarah Sheffield, Jose J. Kurisunkal, Rekha Koul)....Pages 181-207
 Jugaad Thinking: Contextualized Innovative Thinking in India Through Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education?  (Geeta Verma)....Pages 209-226
 The Changing Nature of Science Classrooms in Indian Schools: A Technology Perspective  (Adit Gupta)....Pages 227-242