Research in science education – past, present, and future

Research in Science Education - Past, Present, and Future
Author: Helga Behrendt, Helmut Dahncke, Reinders Duit, Wolfgang Gräber, Michael Komorek, Angela Kross, Priit Reiska
Published by Springer Netherlands
ISBN: 978-0-7923-6755-0
DOI: 10.1007/0-306-47639-8

Table of Contents:

• Science Education Researchers and Research in Transition: Issues and Policies
• Research in Science Education in Europe: Retrospect and Prospect
• Science Content as Problematic - Issues for Research
• Science Education Versus Science in the Academy: Questions - Discussion - Perspectives
• The Assessment of Scientific Literacy in the OECD/PISA Project
• Scientific Literacy: From Theory to Practice
• Making Formative Use of a National Summative Assessment Regime
• A Comparison of STS-teaching and Traditional Physics Lessons - On the Correlation of Physics Knowledge and Taking Action
• On the Quantum Thinking of Physics Undergraduates
• Experiences with a Modern Course in Quantum Physics
• Learning Process Studies in the Field of Fractals
• Students’ Understandings of their Internal Structure as Revealed by Drawings
• Personal Context and Continuity of Human Thought; Recurrent Themes in a Longitudinal Study of Pupils’ Understanding of Scientific Phenomena
• Entities of the World and Causality in Children’s Thinking
• Using Media Reports of Science Research in Pupils’ Evaluation of Evidence
• Pupils’ Perceptions of Science Education at Primary and Secondary School
• Teacher Professionalism and Change: Developing a Professional Self Through Reflective Assessment
• Formative Assessment Using Concept Cartoons: Initial Teacher Training in the UK
• Teaching Chemical Equilibrium in Australian and German Senior High Schools
• The Ideas of Spanish Primary Teachers on how to Develop an Understanding of Processes in Science and their Support in Textbooks

Includes bibliographical references and index