Challenges in Science Education [electronic resource] : Global Perspectives for the Future / edited by Gregory P. Thomas, Helen J. Boon.

Introduction: So Many Challenges-So Many Choices (In Science Education) -- The Drive for Impact: Science Education in the Quantum Age -- Teaching Science That Is Inquiry-Based: Practices and Principles -- Educating About Mass Vaccinations in a Post-Truth Era -- A Perspective on Drivers Impacting Science Teacher Preparation in Developing Countries -- Everyday Science for Building Schoolchildren's Informed Agency for Action -- Pre-service Elementary Teachers as Game Designers: Emotional Experiences from the Field -- The Nature of Teacher Educators' Professional Learning: Reflections of Two Science Teacher Educators -- Breaking the Vicious Circle of Secondary Science Education with Twenty-First-Century Technology: Smartphone Physics Labs -- Science and Technology Studies Informing STEM Education: Possibilities and Dilemmas -- Using Animals in Education as a Means of Discovering Meaningful Contexts to Enhance Learning and Motivate Learners: Challenges and Opportunities to Integrate and Broaden STEM Education -- Instruction for Metacognition in Science Classrooms: Harsh Realities and a Way Forward? -- Identifying and Challenging the Narrow Cognitive Demands of Science Textbooks.

This edited volume focuses on challenges facing science education across three areas: curriculum, teacher education, and pedagogy. Integrating a diverse range of perspectives from both emerging and established scholars in the field, chapters consider the need for measured responses to issues in society that have become pronounced in recent years, including lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic, the environment, and persisting challenges in STEM teaching and learning. In doing so, the editors and their authors chart a potential course for existing and future possibilities and probabilities for science education. Gregory P. Thomas is Professor of Science Education at the University of Alberta, Canada. His scholarly interests include developing and exploring the intersections of metacognition, learning environments, and science education to enhance classroom practices. Helen J. Boon is Associate Professor at James Cook University, Australia. Boon teaches educational psychology and research methods, while her research focuses on climate change education, resilience to disasters, culturally responsive pedagogy and ethics.