Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education: An International Dialogue

The Cultural Study of Science and Science Education W.W. Cobern. 1. Science and a Social Constructivist View of Science Education W.W. Cobern. 2. Between a Myth and a Hard Place: Situating School Science in a Climate of Critical Cultural Reform C.E. Milne, P.C. Taylor. 3. A Critical Appraisal of Science Education for Economic Development G.S. Drori. 4. Science Education and the Politics of Equity: I. Analysis and Praxis P. Naidoo, M. Savage. II. An Institutional Perspective K. Taole. 5. An Untold Story: Gender, Constructivism & Science Education K. Scantlebury. 6. The Influence of Language on the Second Language Teaching and Learning of Science M.S. Rollnick. 7. A Cultural History of Science Education in Japan: An Epic Description M. Ogawa. 8. Philosophy of Science and Radical Intellectual Islam in Turkey G. Irzik. 9. Science and Science Education: A Judeo-Christian Perspective M.W. Poole. 10. Towards a Critical Science Education P.C. Taylor, W.W. Cobern. About the Contributors. Subject Index.