Issues in Upper Secondary Science Education - Taylor, Neil

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Résumé :
This book provides a comparative look at key issues that characterize and contextualize upper secondary science education in sixteen countries in Oceania, South America, Asia, Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East, incluing links with elementary and early science, final assessment, and the secondary/tertiary education interface.

Biographie:
Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham, UK Terry Lyons, University of New England, Australia Luis Carlos de Menezes, University of S?o Paulo, Brazil Regina C?ndida Ellero Gualtieri, Federal University of S?o Paulo, Brazil Todd M. Milford, Griffith University, Australia Benny Hin Wai Yung, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Kennedy Kam Ho Chan, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Jari Lavonen, University of Helsinki, Finland Pasi Reinikainen, Finnish Education Evaluation Council, Finland Andr?s Buda, University of Debrecen, Hungary Noraini Binti Idris, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia Peter Rawlins, Massey University, New Zealand Lone Morris Jorgensen, Massey University, New Zealand Carrol Walkley, Massey University, New Zealand Omaze Anthony Afemikhe, University of Benin, Nigeria Sylvanus Yakubu Imobekhai, University of Benin, Nigeria Irshad Hussain, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan Nicholas Souter, University of Strathclyde, UK Marie Perera, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Muammer ?alik, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey Saouma BouJaoude, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Ghada Gholam, UNESCO (Cairo Office), Egypt...

Sommaire:
Foreword; Simon McGrath 1. Introduction: The Upper Secondary Tier and the Place of Science Therein; Barend Vlaardingerbroek, Neil Taylor and Terry Lyons 2. Australia; Terry Lyons 3. Brazil; Luis Carlos de Menezes and Regina C?ndida Ellero Gualtieri 4. Canada - British Columbia; Todd M. Milford 5. China - Hong Kong SAR; Benny Hin Wai Yung and Kennedy Kam Ho Chan 6. Finland; Jari Lavonen and Pasi Reinikainen 7. Hungary; Andr?s Buda 8. Malaysia; Noraini Binti Idris 9. New Zealand; Peter Rawlins, Carrol Walkley and Lone Jorgensen 10. Nigeria; Omaze Anthony Afemikhe and Sylvanus Yakubu Imobekhai 11. Pakistan; Irshad Hussain 12. Scotland; Nicky Souter 13. Sri Lanka; Marie Perera 14. Turkey; Muammer ?alik 15. The Middle East - Egypt, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia; Saouma BouJaoude and Ghada Gholam 16. Reflections on Upper Secondary Science for the Twenty-First Century; Barend Vlaardingerbroek and Neil Taylor