Critical Issues and Bold Visions for Science Education - The Road Ahead

Critical Issues and Bold Visions for Science Education addresses diverse critical issues using rich theoretical frameworks and methodologies, and while retaining complexity, offers transformative visions within a context of political tensions, historical legacies, and grand challenges associated with Anthropocene.

About the author

Lynn A. Bryan, Ph.D. (1997), Purdue University, is a Professor of Science Education and Director of the Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM at Purdue University. Her first and most recent book (co-edited with Kenneth Tobin) is 13 Questions: Reframing Education's Conversation: Science (Peter Lang, 2018).
Kenneth Tobin, Ed.D., (1980), is Presidential Professor of Urban Education at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Since 1973, Tobin has been involved in research on teaching, learning, and learning to teach science. His present research focus is on mindfulness, emotion, wellness, and sustainability. His emphasis is on educating the public, birth through death, emphasizing literacy for sustainable and happy/healthy lifestyles. Specifically, his ongoing research focuses on breathing while talking.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2018
• EAN: 9789004389649
• ISBN: 978-90-04-38964-9
• No. of pages: 318
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Bold Visions in Educational Re
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)