Second International Handbook of Science Education
More than 100 leading scholars from the global science education community contributed 96 chapters in 11 sections of the Second International Handbook of Science Education, which contains a synthesis of cutting edge research that picks up from where the i
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Springer International Handbooks of Education VOLUME 24
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6189
Barry J. Fraser • Kenneth G. Tobin Campbell J. McRobbie Editors
Second International Handbook of Science Education Part One
Editors Barry J. Fraser Science and Mathematics Education Centre Curtin University of Technology P.O. Box U1987 Perth, WA 6845 Australia [email protected]
Kenneth G. Tobin The Graduate Centre of CUNY City University of New York New York USA [email protected]
Campbell J. McRobbie Centre of Mathematics & Science Education Queensland University of Technology Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove Brisbane, QLD 4059 Australia [email protected]
Printed in 2 parts ISBN 978-1-4020-9040-0 e-ISBN 978-1-4020-9041-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-9041-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011944424 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Because the field of science education had been developing and flourishing for over half a century, it was timely and fitting that the first International Handbook of Science Education was assembled in 1988 to synthesise and reconceptualise past research and theorising in science education, provide practical implications for improving science education, and suggest desirable ways to advance the field in the future. This Second International Handbook of Science Education demonstrates just how much and how rapidly the field has evolved, expanded and diversified over the last decade or so. In providing a detailed and up-to-date overview of advanced international scholarship in science education, this two-volume, 96-chapter, 1,400+−page work is the largest and most comprehensive corpus of knowledge and resource ever produced in science education for use by researchers, teacher educators, policymakers, advisers, teachers and graduate students. In structuring this Handbook, we divided the field of science education into the following 11 significant areas: Sociocultural Perspectives and Urban Education • • • • • • • • • •
Learning and Conceptual Change Teacher Education and Professional Development Equity and Social Justice Assessment Evaluation Curriculum and Reform Argumentation and Nature of Science Out-of-School Learning Learning Environments Literacy and Language Research Methods.
In designating this Handbook as ‘international’, we wanted to have a book that would have significance to readers from many countries. Consequently, authors have included research from a variety of countries and broad
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