Issues in Upper Secondary Science Education (PDF)

Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham, UK
Terry Lyons, University of New England, Australia
Luis Carlos de Menezes, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Regina Cândida Ellero Gualtieri, Federal University of São 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
András 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 Çalik, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey
Saouma BouJaoude, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Ghada Gholam, UNESCO (Cairo Office), Egypt

"A variety of authors from countries across the world, and including those from both 'developed' and 'developing' countries, have provided comparative descriptions of upper secondary science education issues, and the context of the whole school systems. For those wishing to review exemplary information from well-informed writers, this book provides a wealth of global data not easily available otherwise. The writers are frank and open about the strengths and challenges in their systems, a welcome approach in these days where competition between nations might have led to 'papering over the cracks'. I strongly recommend that those interested in international comparisons include this book in their reading." - John Oversby, Science Specialist Interest Group Convenor, British Educational Research Association; Chair, Research Specialist Group, Association for Science Education, UK

"At a time of increasing globalisation, international comparisons between education systems have become ever more important. This volume brings together contributions from 13 countries and one region (the Middle East) to provide a valuable perspective on key issues in upper secondary science. The result is both informative and, in places, quite surprising. This is a book that should be of value to anyone looking to improve their country's secondary science education or to understand how it compares in its organisation to other countries." - Michael J Reiss, Professor, Institute of Education, University of London, UK

"I highly recommend this book to secondary science teachers and educational policy personnel, no matter what country they come from, as the book is a fascinating, accurate and up to date account of the issues facing secondary teachers around the world. The book fills in the gap in educational writing on science teaching. As a secondary teacher in Australia who teachers mainly senior secondary classes I found myself in agreement with many of the explanations and