International encyclopaedia of science and technology education volume 1: science and technology education/

Science -- On what it means to understand science -- What is science? -- Objectives of science education -- Instructional objectives of science education -- School science education: remediation or reconstruction? -- Science education in the curriculum -- Excellence in the science curriculum -- Writing and the pupil in the science curriculum -- Restructuring the high school science curriculum -- History of the invention and implementation of the concept of science education -- Science across cultures: introducing the science, technology & medicine of non-western cultures into the classroom -- An issue of cultural diversity in science -- A cross-cultural comparison of conceptions of science -- Current events in science and the pupil -- Teaching science as inquiry -- Social constructivism in science learning: toward a mind -world synthesis -- Scientific literacy: for whose benefit? -- Contextual realism in science and science teaching -- Pupils' learning to scientific construction of knowledge -- Examining school science: using sociology of science in the study of science classrooms -- Sociology of science education: problems and research perspectives -- The innovation "science, technology and society' in science education -- Science through technology and society: educating the teacher educators -- Science education and the external perspective on science -- Enhancinng the relevance of science teaching and learning for community needs and development concerns -- A second chance for school systems and new vision for population outside of schools -- "Science for all"- the strategies involved and problems encountered in reaching the mass- the Indian experience -- Practical work in science education -- Professional science teacher -- A theoretical framework for the use of scientific method in educational research -- Evaluation of pupil achievement in science -- Futurism in the science curriculum -- project 2000+.