Values in Science Education: The Shifting Sands

Preface

About the Authors

Chapter 1         The Shifting Sands of Values in Science Education

Deborah Corrigan, Cathy Buntting, Alister Jones and Angela Fitzgerald

Section 1: Values in Science

Chapter 2         Communicating Certainty and Uncertainty in Science in Out-of-School Contexts

Leonie Rennie

Chapter 3         Teachers' Perceptions of the Values that Underpin Science as a Way of Thinking and Acting

Kathy Smith and Deborah Corrigan

Chapter 4         Exploring Values of Science through Classroom Practice

Rebecca Cooper and John Loughran

Section 2: Values for Science Education

Chapter 5         Science as "Just Opinion" - the Significance for Science Education of Emerging Social Media

            Karen Marangio and Richard Gunstone

Chapter 6         Changing Values in Science Education and the Emergence of Science Gallery

            Joseph Roche and Colette Murphy

Chapter 7         Using Biotechnology to Develop Values Discourse in School Science

            Cathy Buntting and Alister Jones

Section 3: Values of Science Education Practice

Chapter 8         What do Science Teachers Value? How can Values Change During Professional Learning?

            Shirley Simon and John Connolly

Chapter 9         Exploring the Professional Learning Values Inherent in Japan's Lesson Study

            Tetsuo Isozaki

Chapter 10       Changing Context, Shifting Values? Science, the Environment and Citizenship at Minstead Study Centre 12 Years on

Justin Dillon and Alan Reid

Section 4: Values of Science Education Systems

Chapter 11       Intended, Achieved and Unachieved Values of Science Education

            Gillian Kidman and Peter Fensham

Chapter 12       The Place of Values in the Aims of School Science Education

            Jennifer Mansfield and Michael Reiss

Chapter 13       Exploring Values Through Lived Experiences of the World Heritage Site of Petra: A Case Study

            Angela Fitzgerald and Diana Abouali