and much more. This book appeals to science education researchers, comparative educationresearchers, science educators, graduate students, state science educationleaders and officers in the international communities.
This book provides an overview of science educationpolicies, research and practices in mainland China, with specific examples ofthe most recent developments in these areas. It presents an insiders report onthe status of Chinese science education written primarily by native speakerswith first-hand experiences inside the country. In addition, the book featuresmultiple sectional commentaries by experts in the field that further connectthese stories to the existing science education literature outside of China.
This book informs the international community about the current status ofChinese science education reforms. It helps readers understand one of thelargest science education systems in the world, which includes, according tothe Programme for International Student Assessment, the best-performing economyin the world in science, math and reading: Shanghai, China.
Readers gain insight into how science education in the rest of China comparesto that in Shanghai; the ways Chinese science educators, teachers and studentsachieve what has been accomplished; what Chinese students and teachers actuallydo inside their classrooms; what educational policies have been helpful inpromoting student learning; what lessons can be shared within the internationalscience education community; and much more.
This book appeals to science education researchers, comparative educationresearchers, science educators, graduate students, state science educationleaders and officers in the international communities. It also helps Chinesestudents and faculty of science education discover effective ways to sharetheir science education stories with the rest of the world.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.- SERIES FOREWORD, Dana Zeidler.- PREFACE.-
INTRODUCTION:
CHINESE SCIENCE EDUCATION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT.- PART I. SCIENCE EDUCATION
REFORM
POLICIES.- Editors Introduction: Part I.
Chapter 1. Status of Chinese
Science Education Reforms:
Policies and Development Framework, Hongshia Zhang & Dongshen Wan.- PART II.
SCIENCE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.- Editors Introduction:
Part II.
Chapter 2. An Overview of Early
Childhood Science Education in China, Xiaoyi Gao & Baohui Zhang.-
Chapter 3. Elementary Science Education
Reform in Guangzhou: Expectations and Changes, Lingbiao
Gao, Cuidian Feng, Maorong Zhan, & Xueping Zheng.
Chapter 4. Science
Teaching Practices in
Junior Secondary Schools, Hongjia Ma, Gavin W. Fulmer & Ling L. Liang.-
Chapter
5. Science Curriculum and implementation in Senior Secondary School,Xiao
Huang, Lin Ding & Bingyuan Hu.
Chapter 6. Examining the Senior Secondary
School Chemistry
Curriculum in China in View of Scientific Literacy, Bing Wei & Bo Chen.- PART
III. SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS IN SCIENCE
EDUCATION.- Editors
Introduction: Part III.
Chapter 7:Challenges and Opportunities
for Environmental Education Towards Education for Sustainable Development in
Chinese
Communities, Irene Nga-yee Cheng &
Winnie Wing-mui So.
Chapter
8. Hong Kong Students'
Decision Making about Ecological and Health Issues, Y. C. Lee.- PART IV.
ASSESSMENT.- Editors Introduction:
Part IV.
Chapter 9. Assessing Science
Learning in Schools: Current Policy and Practices, Cuidian Feng & Lingbiao
Gao.
Chapter
10. Alignment between the National
Science Curriculum Standards and Standardized Exams at Secondary School
Gateways, Xian Chen, Min Y. Jiang, Li Cai,
Ling L. Liang, Jin Du, Yan Zhou.
Chapter
11.Relationship between Science Teachers Conceptions of Assessment
of Students Academic Performance and Their Instructional Approaches, Weining
Wu.- PART V. SCIENCE LEARNING
IN INFORMAL SETTINGS.- Editors
Introduction: Part V.
Chapter
12. An Examination of National Policy on
Youth Science Learning in Informal Education Settings and Its Implementation
in
China, Huiliang Zhang & Shunke Shi.-Chapter
13. An
Overview of Research on Informal Science Learning among Chinas Youth, Fujun
Ren &
Jingying Wang.
Chapter 14. Effects of
Media on Science Learning of Chinese Youths: A Synthesis of Literature and a
Case Study, Ling Chen, Yan Yan & Jie Yuan.
Chapter 15. A Case Study of a
Science Teacher in a
Science Club Teaching Scientific Inquiry, Xiu-Ju Li.
Chapter 16.Students
Views of Science Learning During Visits to Science Museums: A Case Study,
Lihui Wang.- PART VI. SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION.-
Editors Introduction: Part VI.
Chapter
17. An Overview of Professional
Preparation for Pre-Service and In-Service Science Teachers, Cheng
Liu & Enshan
Liu.
Chapter
18. Enhancing
Science Teacher Professional Development: Lessons from a Study of
Misconceptions of Junior Secondary Biology Teachers, Enshan
Liu &
Mingyu Li.
Chapter
19. Video Case Instruction: A New Approach to
Instructional Design and
Practice for Pre-Service Chemistry Teachers, Zhen Lu & Lyna Kwan.- EPILOGUE.
