Overview
- Brings together Studies from Across the World in Order to discuss Responsible Citizenship, Relevance of Science and Socio-Scientific Issues
- Describes the Pedagogies that Researchers use in their Studies
- Discusses recent Policy Reforms in Various Regions
Part of the book series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education (CTISE, volume 52)
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Jan Alexis Nielsen is Associate Professor at the Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His research focuses on the understanding and assessment of generic competences. He has investigated students’ socioscientific argumentation and teachers’ beliefs about teaching socioscientific issues. He has also worked closely with teachers to build assessment frameworks for inquiry, modelling and innovation competence. Over the past 12 years, he has participated in a range of international and national projects related to inquiry and/or socioscientific issues.
Justin Dillon is professor of science and environmental education at the University of Exeter. After studying for a degree in chemistry, he trained as a science teacher at Chelsea College and taught in six inner London schools. Justin joined King’s College London in 1989 and was promoted to professor in 2009. He is editor-in-chief of Studies in Science Education and co-edits the International Journal of Science Education. In 2007, Justin was elected President of the European Science Education Research Association. He has co-edited 18 books including Becoming a Teacher, Bad Education and the International Handbook of Research onEnvironmental Education. Justin has published around 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and almost the same number of book chapters.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Science Teacher Education for Responsible Citizenship
Book Subtitle: Towards a Pedagogy for Relevance through Socioscientific Issues
Editors: Maria Evagorou, Jan Alexis Nielsen, Justin Dillon
Series Title: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40229-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40228-0Published: 24 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40231-0Published: 24 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-40229-7Published: 23 March 2020
Series ISSN: 1878-0482
Series E-ISSN: 1878-0784
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 199
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations
Topics: Science Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Study and Learning Skills