Contemporary issues in science and technology education / Ben Akpan, Bulent Cavas, Teresa Kennedy, editors.
Akpan, Ben, editor.; Cavas, Bulent, editor.; Kennedy, Teresa J., editor.
2023
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Title
Contemporary issues in science and technology education / Ben Akpan, Bulent Cavas, Teresa Kennedy, editors.
ISBN
9783031242595 (electronic bk.)
3031242599 (electronic bk.)
9783031242588
3031242580
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24259-5
Published
Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-24259-5 doi
Call Number
Q181
Dewey Decimal Classification
507.1
Summary
This edited volume discusses major issues in present-day science and technology education (STE). It is divided into three thematic sections: philosophical foundations and curriculum development; sustainable development, technology and society; and the learning sciences and 21st century skills. Section I examines the history and future of STE curriculum development, along with specific issues within this dynamic area. Section II explores sustainable development in three important aspects: economic development, social development, and environmental protection. Section III covers the 21st century skills that are of overarching importance to the success of learners in school and the world of work. Anchoring each chapter is an assemblage of veteran science and technology education specialists selected from across the world. The books target is a worldwide audience of undergraduate / post-graduate students and their teachers, as well as researchers. This books exploration of the ever-increasing advances in STE and its narrative writing style will be of interest to a broad range of readers.
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Includes index.
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Akpan, Ben, editor.
Cavas, Bulent, editor.
Kennedy, Teresa J., editor.
Series
Contemporary trends and issues in science education ; v. 56.
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Contemporary issues in science and technology education.
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Introduction a reflection on contemporary issues in science and technology Education; Ben Akpan
Section I, Philosophical foundations and curriculum development
Nature of science and nature of technology; Steven S. Sexton
Theory of evolution; Ben Akpan
STEM education as a meta-discipline; Teresa Kennedy
Curriculum development in science and technology education at international level; Declan Kennedy
Assessment and evaluation in science and technology education; Bulent ava, Pina ava and Sengul Anagun
Mathematics in the service of science and technology education; Ajeevsing Bholoa & Ajay Ramful
Language in science and technology education; Metin Sardaq, Gokhan Kaya & Gultekin Cakmakci
The real and virtual science laboratories; Shakeel Atchia & Anwar Rumjaun
Section II, Sustainable development, technology and society
Sustainable development goals and science and technology education; Teresa Kennedy
In the beginning: Interpreting everyday science; Sue Dale Tunnicliffe
Indigenous knowledge and science and technology education; Robby Zidny, Jesper Sjostrom and Ingo Eilks
Public understanding of science and technology; Janchai Yingprayoon
Section III, The learning sciences and 21st century skills
Educational psychology; Keith Taber
Science and technology teaching strategies; Cesar Mora
Pedagogical content knowledge in science and technology education; Louise Lehane
Stimulating students mechanistic reasoning in science and technology education through emerging technologies; Vickren Narrainsawmy and Fawzia Bibi Nerod
Problem-solving in science and technology education; Bulent ava
Creativity and innovation in science and technology education; Mehmet Aydeniz
Collaboration and communication in science and technology education; Michael Odell.

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