Second International Handbook of Science Education

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Sociocultural Perspectives on Science Education....Pages 3-17
Understanding Engagement in Science Education: The Psychological and the Social....Pages 19-33
Identity-Based Research in Science Education....Pages 35-45
Diverse Urban Youth’s Learning of Science Outside School in University Outreach and Community Science Programs....Pages 47-58
Reality Pedagogy and Urban Science Education: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of the Urban Science Classroom....Pages 59-68
Learning Science Through Real-World Contexts....Pages 69-79
Collaborative Research Models for Transforming Teaching and Learning Experiences....Pages 81-90
Science Learning in Urban Elementary School Classrooms: Liberatory Education and Issues of Access, Participation and Achievement....Pages 91-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
How Can Conceptual Change Contribute to Theory and Practice in Science Education?....Pages 107-118
Reframing the Classical Approach to Conceptual Change: Preconceptions, Misconceptions and Synthetic Models....Pages 119-130
Metacognition in Science Education: Past, Present and Future Considerations....Pages 131-144
Learning From and Through Representations in Science....Pages 145-155
The Role of Thought Experiments in Science and Science Learning....Pages 157-175
Vygotsky and Primary Science....Pages 177-187
Learning In and From Science Laboratories....Pages 189-207
From Teaching to KNOW to Learning to THINK in Science Education....Pages 209-229
The Heterogeneity of Discourse in Science Classrooms: The Conceptual Profile Approach....Pages 231-246
Quality of Instruction in Science Education....Pages 247-258
Personal Epistemology and Science Learning: A Review on Empirical Studies....Pages 259-280
Science Learning and Epistemology....Pages 281-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Science Teacher Learning....Pages 295-306
Teacher Learning and Professional Development in Science Education....Pages 307-321
Developing Teachers’ Place-Based and Culture-Based Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Agency....Pages 323-334
Nature of Scientific Knowledge and Scientific Inquiry: Building Instructional Capacity Through Professional Development....Pages 335-359
Mentoring in Support of Reform-Based Science Teaching....Pages 361-371
Multi-paradigmatic Transformative Research as/for Teacher Education: An Integral Perspective....Pages 373-387
Teaching While Still Learning to Teach: Beginning Science Teachers’ Views, Experiences, and Classroom Practices....Pages 389-399
Developing Science Teacher Educators’ Pedagogy of Teacher Education....Pages 401-415
Using Video in Science Teacher Education: An Analysis of the Utilization of Video-Based Media by Teacher Educators and Researchers....Pages 417-433
Professional Knowledge of Science Teachers....Pages 435-448
Science Teaching Efficacy Beliefs....Pages 449-461
Context for Developing Leadership in Science and Mathematics Education in the USA....Pages 463-476
Research on Science Teacher Beliefs....Pages 477-495
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
Still Part of the Conversation: Gender Issues in Science Education....Pages 499-512
Respect and Science Learning....Pages 513-525
Science Education in Rural Settings: Exploring the ‘State of Play’ Internationally....Pages 527-539
Out of Place: Indigenous Knowledge in the Science Curriculum....Pages 541-554
On Knowing and US Mexican Youth: Bordering Science Education Research, Practice, and Policy....Pages 555-568
Science Education Research Involving Blacks in the USA During 1997–2007: Synthesis, Critique, and Recommendations....Pages 569-581
Social Justice Research in Science Education: Methodologies, Positioning, and Implications for Future Research....Pages 583-594
Front Matter....Pages 595-595
Student Attitudes and Aspirations Towards Science....Pages 597-625
Children’s Attitudes to Primary Science....Pages 627-649
Developing Measurement Instruments for Science Education Research....Pages 651-665
Science Teaching and Learning: An International Comparative Perspective....Pages 667-678
Focusing on the Classroom: Assessment for Learning....Pages 679-690
Transfer Skills and Their Case-Based Assessment....Pages 691-709
Competence in Science Education....Pages 711-721
Trends in US Government-Funded Multisite K—12 Science Program Evaluation....Pages 723-734
Front Matter....Pages 735-735
Curriculum Integration: Challenging the Assumption of School Science as Powerful Knowledge....Pages 737-749
Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity in Science Education....Pages 751-769
An International Perspective on Science Curriculum Development and Implementation....Pages 771-782
Curriculum Coherence and Learning Progressions....Pages 783-798
Socio-scientific Issues in Science Education: Contexts for the Promotion of Key Learning Outcomes....Pages 799-809
Technology in Science Education: Context, Contestation, and Connection....Pages 811-821
Web 2.0 Technologies, New Media Literacies, and Science Education: Exploring the Potential to Transform....Pages 823-837
Leading the Transformation of Learning and Praxis in Science Classrooms....Pages 839-849
Understanding Scientific Uncertainty as a Teaching and Learning Goal....Pages 851-864
Citizen Science, Ecojustice, and Science Education: Rethinking an Education from Nowhere....Pages 865-882
Change – A Desired Permanent State in Science Education....Pages 883-898
Globalisation and Science Education: Global Information Culture, Post-colonialism and Sustainability....Pages 899-912
Front Matter....Pages 735-735
Metaphor and Theory for Scale-up Research: Eagles in the Anacostia and Activity Systems....Pages 913-929
Front Matter....Pages 931-931
The Role of Argument: Learning How to Learn in School Science....Pages 933-949
Beyond Argument in Science: Science Education as Connected and Separate Knowing....Pages 951-967
Utilising Argumentation to Teach Nature of Science....Pages 969-986
Teacher Explanations....Pages 987-999
Argumentation, Evidence Evaluation and Critical Thinking....Pages 1001-1015
Constructivism and Realism: Dueling Paradigms....Pages 1017-1028
Capturing the Dynamics of Science in Science Education....Pages 1029-1039
Nature of Science in Science Education: Toward a Coherent Framework for Synergistic Research and Development....Pages 1041-1060
Front Matter....Pages 1061-1061
Lifelong Science Learning for Adults: The Role of Free-Choice Experiences....Pages 1063-1079
Science, the Environment and Education Beyond the Classroom....Pages 1081-1095
Informal Science Education in Formal Science Teacher Preparation....Pages 1097-1108
Out-of-School: Learning Experiences, Teaching and Students’ Learning....Pages 1109-1122
Learning Beyond the Classroom: Implications for School Science....Pages 1123-1134
Science Stories on Television....Pages 1135-1146
Museum–University Partnerships for Preservice Science Education....Pages 1147-1162
Community Science: Capitalizing on Local Ways of Enacting Science in Science Education....Pages 1163-1177
Learning Science in Informal Contexts – Epistemological Perspectives and Paradigms....Pages 1179-1187
Front Matter....Pages 1189-1189
Classroom Learning Environments: Retrospect, Context and Prospect....Pages 1191-1239
Teacher–Students Relationships in the Classroom....Pages 1241-1255
Front Matter....Pages 1189-1189
Outcomes-Focused Learning Environments....Pages 1257-1276
ICT Learning Environments and Science Education: Perception to Practice....Pages 1277-1289
Cultivating Constructivist Classrooms Through Evaluation of an Integrated Science Learning Environment....Pages 1291-1303
Using a Learning Environment Perspective in Evaluating an Innovative Science Course for Prospective Elementary Teachers....Pages 1305-1318
Evolving Learning Designs and Emerging Technologies....Pages 1319-1331
The Impact of Student Clustering on the Results of Statistical Tests....Pages 1333-1348
Front Matter....Pages 1349-1349
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Linking Science and Literacy in Grades K–5: Implications for Policy and Practice....Pages 1351-1373
Writing as a Learning Tool in Science: Lessons Learnt and Future Agendas....Pages 1375-1384
The Role of Language in Modeling the Natural World: Perspectives in Science Education....Pages 1385-1403
Teaching Science Reading Comprehension: A Realistic, Research-Based Approach....Pages 1405-1417
Building Common Language, Experiences, and Learning Spaces with Lower-Track Science Students....Pages 1419-1434
Understanding Beliefs, Identity, Conceptions, and Motivations from a Discursive Psychology Perspective....Pages 1435-1447
Front Matter....Pages 1449-1449
Qualitative Research Methods for Science Education....Pages 1451-1469
Analyzing Verbal Data: Principles, Methods, and Problems....Pages 1471-1484
Employing the Bricolage as Critical Research in Science Education....Pages 1485-1500
Analyzing Verbal Data: An Object Lesson....Pages 1501-1513
Back Matter....Pages 1515-1564