Primary Science Education in East Asia A Critical Comparison of Systems and Strategies

Primary Science Education in East Asia A Critical Comparison of Systems and Strategies / edited by Yew-Jin Lee, Jason Tan.

This edited volume is a state-of-the-art comparison of primary science education across six East-Asian regions; namely, the People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, and Singapore. While news of educational policies, classroom teaching, assessment, and o...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lee, Yew-Jin (Editor), Tan, Jason (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, 47
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Science education.
International education .
Comparative education.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Learning.
Instruction.
Teaching.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction, Yew-Jin LEE & Jason TAN
  • Part I - The regional chapters
  • 2. Primary Science Education in Hong Kong, Wing Mui Winnie SO, Zhi Hong WAN, & Yu CHEN
  • 3. Elementary Science Education in Japan, Kenji MATSUBARA
  • 4. Primary science education in China, Weiping HU & Xin SHOU
  • 5. Primary Science Education in Taiwan, Ying-Tien WU, Li-Jen WANG, Teng-Yao CHENG & Zong-Rong YANG
  • 6. Progress and challenges of elementary science education in Korea, Mijung KIM, Hye-Gyoung YOON, & Mee-Kyeong LEE
  • 7. Primary Science Education in Singapore, Yew-Jin LEE
  • Part II - The expert commentaries
  • 8. The End of Science Education in East Asia? Adam LEFSTEIN
  • 9. Some comments on primary science from outside the East Asian region, Terry RUSSELL
  • 10. Scientific literacy in East-Asia: Shifting towards an inquiry informed learning perspective, Umesh RAMNARAIN
  • 11. Curriculum, Pedagogy, Teacher Training and Recent Reforms in Primary Science Education, Lorraine Pe SYMACO & Esther G. S. DANIEL
  • 12. The role of teacher education in advancing reform in Primary science education, Carla ZEMBAL-SAUL
  • 13. Institutional Pressures on Primary Science and the New Ecosystem of Knowledge, Elizabeth H. MCENEANEY
  • 14. Coda.

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