Overview
- Addresses multiple components in the current science
- education system as a result of the decade-long educational reforms in China
- Provides an insiders’ report on the status of Chinese
- science education written primarily by native speakers with first-hand
- experiences inside the country
- Connects Chinese science education literature with English science education literature through multiple editors’ sectional commentaries
Part of the book series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education (CTISE, volume 45)
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About this book
This book provides an overview of science education
policies, research and practices in mainland China, with specific examples of
the most recent developments in these areas. It presents an insiders’ report on
the status of Chinese science education written primarily by native speakers
with first-hand experiences inside the country. In addition, the book features
multiple sectional commentaries by experts in the field that further connect
these stories to the existing science education literature outside of China.
This book informs the international community about the current status of
Chinese science education reforms. It helps readers understand one of the
largest science education systems in the world, which includes, according to
the Programme for International Student Assessment, the best-performing economy
in the world in science, math and reading: Shanghai, China.
Readers gain insight into how science education in the rest of China compares
to thatin Shanghai; the ways Chinese science educators, teachers and students
achieve what has been accomplished; what Chinese students and teachers actually
do inside their classrooms; what educational policies have been helpful in
promoting student learning; what lessons can be shared within the international
science education community; and much more.
This book appeals to science education researchers, comparative education
researchers, science educators, graduate students, state science education
leaders and officers in the international communities. It also helps Chinese
students and faculty of science education discover effective ways to share
their science education stories with the rest of the world.
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Keywords
- collective lesson preparation
- lesson study
- science curriculum
- science education China
- teaching science
- video case instruction
- curriculum reform
- Discipline-based Science Curriculum
- Scientific literacy
- Education for sustainable development
- science education Hong Kong
- science education Mainland China
- Socio-scientific issues
- School science
- Informal science learning
- learning and instruction
Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Science Education Reform Policies
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Science Curriculum and Instruction
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Environmental and Socioscientific Issues in Chinese Science Education
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Assessment
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Science Learning in Informal Settings
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chinese Science Education in the 21st Century: Policy, Practice, and Research
Book Subtitle: 21 世纪中国科学教育:政策、实践与研究
Editors: Ling L. Liang, Xiufeng Liu, Gavin W. Fulmer
Series Title: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9864-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9863-1Published: 25 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1410-3Published: 27 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9864-8Published: 16 August 2016
Series ISSN: 1878-0482
Series E-ISSN: 1878-0784
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 448
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
Topics: Science Education, Learning & Instruction