Science Education Research and Practice in Asia
Overview
- Editors:
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Mei-Hung Chiu
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Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
- A starting point to better understand the current state of science education in Asia
- Provides insights into science education trends and sheds light on the issues and challenges
- Includes comments from six internationally respected science education scholars
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
About this book
This book discusses the scope of science education research and practice in Asia. It is divided into five sections: the first consists of nine chapters providing overviews of science education in Asia (China, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Oman, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand). The second section offers chapters on content analysis of research articles, while the third includes three chapters on assessment and curriculum. The fourth section includes four chapters on innovative technology in science education; and the fifth section consists of four chapters on professional development, and informal learning. Each section also has additional chapters providing specific comments on the content. This collection of works provides readers with a starting point to better understand the current state of science education in Asia.
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-viii
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Overview of Science Education in Asia
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- Lei Wang, Yujun Zhu, Yanxia Jiang, Rui Wei, Yao Zhou, Yuying Guo et al.
Pages 17-39
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- Saouma BouJaoude, Fadi El-Hage
Pages 41-54
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- Lilia Halim, T. Subahan Mohd Meerah
Pages 71-93
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- David Treagust, Chi-Yan Tsui
Pages 119-128
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- Kim Chwee Daniel Tan, Tang Wee Teo, Chew-Leng Poon
Pages 155-174
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- Chorng-Jee Guo, Mei-Hung Chiu
Pages 175-196
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- Chatree Faikhamta, Luecha Ladachart
Pages 197-214
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Content Analysis of Science Education Research
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Front Matter
Pages 223-223
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- Mei-Hung Chiu, Jing-Wen Lin, Chin-Cheng Chou
Pages 225-243
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- Byung-Soon Choi, Aeran Choi
Pages 245-273
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- Sibel Erduran, Ebru Zeynep Mugaloglu
Pages 275-288
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- Mustafa Sozbilir, Mustafa Akilli, M. Diyaddin Yasar, Hulya Dede
Pages 289-317
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Editors and Affiliations
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Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Mei-Hung Chiu
About the editor
Mei-Hung Chiu is a Professor of Science Education at the Graduate Institute of Science Education (GISE) of the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). Her research areas include conceptual change on students’ understanding of scientific phenomena as well as alternative assessment in science teaching and learning. In extending the research on conceptual change, she investigated how to promote students’ perceptions of scientific models and to develop modeling-based inquiry and modelling competency in learning science. Another work explores whether changes in facial micro-expressions can be used to identify moments of conceptual conflict, one of the pathways to conceptual change. More recently, she adopted mobile technology and augmented reality techniques to design instructional materials for high school students’ learning in science. Dr. Chiu published over 100 peer reviewed international and national journal articles and supervised close to 90 advisees in master and doctoral programsin science education. Currently, Dr. Chiu is elected as the President-Elect (2015-2016) of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) based in the United States of America and will serve as President of the organization from April 2016 to April 2017. She has also served as the international coordinator for International Committee of NARST from 2008 to 2010 and as the chair for Committee on Chemistry Education of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) from 2011 to 2015. She was a recipient of the Distinguished Contribution to Chemical Education Award from the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) in 2009.