Science Education in the 21st CenturyThis is hardly another field in education which is more important for a country's future than science education. Yet more and more students elect to concentrate on other fields to the exclusion of science for a variety of reasons: 1. The perception of degree of difficulty, 2. The actual degree of difficulty, 3. The lack of perceived prestige and earnings associated with the field. 4. The dearth of good and easy to use texts. 5. The lack of society in comprehending the significance of science and creating attractive incentives for those who enter the field. This book presents new issues and challenges for the field. |
Contents
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Or Models Mermaids and Methods The Role of Analytical Pluralism in Understanding Student Learning in Science | 69 |
Learning Physics via Model Construction Issues and Experimental Results | 107 |
The Professional Development of Secondary Education Science Teachers A Case Study as Methodological Integration | 137 |
Conceptual Depth and Conceptual Usefulness in Chemistry Issues and Challenges for Chemistry Educators | 165 |
Acceleration in School in Everyday Life and in Amusement Parks | 183 |
Action Research as Professional Development of Science Teachers | 205 |
Testing the PERMethod to Teach Students to Evaluate and Rank Environmental Threats to the Environment | 239 |
Adopting the Abductive Inquiry Model AIM into Undergraduate Earth Science Laboratories | 261 |
Use of Copies of Old Scientific Instruments for Physics Teaching | 277 |
Research on Learning and Teaching of Students Conceptions in Science | 289 |
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