Science Education Research and Practice in Asia

1 Introduction.- Section One: Overview of Science Education in Asia.- 2 Science Education Research in Chinese Mainland.- 3 Science Education Research and Practice in Lebanon: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Prospects.- 4 School Science Teaching and Learning in Macau: Problems and Challenges.- 5 Science Education Research and Practice in Malaysia.- 6 Historical Overview of Mongolian Science Education Development.- 7 Commentary: Developments and Reforms in Science Education for improving the quality of teaching and research.- 8 Science Education Research in Oman: Opportunities, Trends and Challenges.- 9 Singapore Science Education.- 10 Opportunities and Challenges for Science Education in Asia: Perspectives based on the Taiwan Experience.- 11 Science Education in Thailand: Moving through crisis to opportunity.- 12 Commentary: What we can learn from Science Education in Asian countries? Opportunities and Challenges for: Perspectives based on the Experience.- Section Two: Content Analysis of Science Education Research.- 13 Impacts of Citations on Conceptual Change Articles between 1982 and 2011: From International and Regional Perspectives.- 14 Overview of Science Education Research and Practice in Korea.- 15 Trends in Science Education Research in Turkey: A Content Analysis of Key International Journals from 1998-2012.- 16 Development of Chemistry Education Research (CER) in Turkey: A Comparison of CER Papers with International Research.- 17 Commentary: Who sets trends in Science Education? I comment on four exemplary book chapters.- Section Three: Assessment and Curriculum.- 18 School-based Assessment of Science Students' Practical Skills in Hong Kong.- 19 Assessing Israeli Students' Knowledge in Science - Policy and Practice.- 20 Didactics of Chemistry as a Science - History in Russia.- 21 Commentary: Assessment: The Pros and Cons of this Necessary "Evil".- Section Four: Innovative Technology in Science Education.- 22 Innovative Lesson Plans in Chemistry Education for Broadening Sustainable Society.- 23 Role of Open Educational Resources to support School Science Education in India.- 24 Adapting and Customizing Web-based Inquiry Science Environments to promote Taiwanese Students' learning of Science.- 25 Technology-enhanced Science Teaching and Learning: Issues and Trends.- 26 Commentary: Innovative Curriculum Materials: Development, Pilot-testing, and Scaling-up.- Section Five: Teacher Professional Development and Informal Science Learning in Science Education.- 27 Professional Development of Science High School Teachers in Israel.- 28 How have Japanese Rika (school science) teachers traditionally formed their own cultures and improved their teaching competencies through research and practice?.- 29 From Schools to Nature: Bridging Learning Environments in Israel.- 30 Using Community Resources as Fund of Knowledge to promote Science Learning in Thailand.- 31 Commentary: Transforming Science Education in cultural-historical context and the role of teacher professional development.