ABSTRACT
This book explores global issues in the professional development of science teachers, and considers classroom applications of teacher training with a comparative lens. The twelve studies collected in this volume span five continents and vastly differing models of teacher education. Carefully detailing the social and cultural contexts for the teaching of science, this is a guidebook for anyone concerned with equity and reform in professional development.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |23 pages
Science Teacher Education in Kenya and Cultural Extinction
How Can the Past Serve as a Link to the Future?
chapter |20 pages
Culturally and Politically Based Education
A Story of Latin American Science Education Development
chapter |14 pages
The Role of Onservice Professional Development of Science Teachers in Large-Scale Changes in Teaching Practice
A Look at Britain and Indonesia
chapter |15 pages
Managing Teacher Development
The Changing Role of the Head of Department in England
chapter |23 pages
Key Issues and Contextual Factors in Professional Development of Preservice Science Teachers
Perspectives from Israel, Greece, Italy, and the United States
