Primary Science Education in East Asia: A Critical Comparison of Systems and Strategies

1. Introduction, Yew-Jin LEE & Jason TAN.- Part I - The regional chapters.- 2. Primary Science Education in Hong Kong, Wing Mui Winnie SO, Zhi Hong WAN, & Yu CHEN.- 3. Elementary Science Education in Japan, Kenji MATSUBARA.- 4. Primary science education in China, Weiping HU & Xin SHOU.- 5. Primary Science Education in Taiwan, Ying-Tien WU, Li-Jen WANG, Teng-Yao CHENG & Zong-Rong YANG.- 6. Progress and challenges of elementary science education in Korea, Mijung KIM, Hye-Gyoung YOON, & Mee-Kyeong LEE.- 7. Primary Science Education in Singapore, Yew-Jin LEE.- Part II - The expert commentaries.- 8. The End of Science Education in East Asia? Adam LEFSTEIN.- 9. Some comments on primary science from outside the East Asian region, Terry RUSSELL.- 10. Scientific literacy in East-Asia: Shifting towards an inquiry informed learning perspective, Umesh RAMNARAIN.- 11. Curriculum, Pedagogy, Teacher Training and Recent Reforms in Primary Science Education, Lorraine Pe SYMACO & Esther G. S. DANIEL.- 12. The role of teacher education in advancing reform in Primary science education, Carla ZEMBAL-SAUL.- 13. Institutional Pressures on Primary Science and the New Ecosystem of Knowledge, Elizabeth H. MCENEANEY.- 14. Coda.