Challenges in Science Education

Gregory P. Thomas is Professor of Science Education at the University of Alberta, Canada. His scholarly interests include developing and exploring the intersections of metacognition, learning environments, and science education to enhance classroom practices.Helen J. Boon is Associate Professor at James Cook University, Australia. Boon teaches educational psychology and research methods, while her research focuses on climate change education, resilience to disasters, culturally responsive pedagogy and ethics.

• Introduction: So Many Challenges—So Many Choices (In Science Education).- The Drive for Impact: Science Education in the Quantum Age.- Teaching Science That Is Inquiry-Based: Practices and Principles.- Educating About Mass Vaccinations in a Post-Truth Era.- A Perspective on Drivers Impacting Science Teacher Preparation in Developing Countries.- Everyday Science for Building Schoolchildren’s Informed Agency for Action.- Pre-service Elementary Teachers as Game Designers: Emotional Experiences from the Field.- The Nature of Teacher Educators’ Professional Learning: Reflections of Two Science Teacher Educators.- Breaking the Vicious Circle of Secondary Science Education with Twenty-First-Century Technology: Smartphone Physics Labs.- Science and Technology Studies Informing STEM Education: Possibilities and Dilemmas.- Using Animals in Education as a Means of Discovering Meaningful Contexts to Enhance Learning and Motivate Learners: Challenges and Opportunities to Integrate and Broaden STEM Education.- Instruction for Metacognition in Science Classrooms: Harsh Realities and a Way Forward?.- Identifying and Challenging the Narrow Cognitive Demands of Science Textbooks.

“This book will be very useful for science teachers to improve the quality of their science teaching and learning experiences. Through this book, science teachers will get a clear picture of how science should be taught and future challenges that will be faced so that teachers can take appropriate action in teaching science to their students.” (Utari Akhir Gusti and Mia Komariah, Smart Learning Environments, Vol. 10 (1), 2023)