Globalization: Science education from an international perspective

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 553-566

  Chiu, Mei Hung ^a   Duit, Reinders ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SCIENCE TEACHING; WORLD ECONOMY;

EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH;

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS;

EID: 79960250475     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20427     Document Type: Review

References (58)

1. Abell, S., (2007). Research on science teacher knowledge. In, S. Abell, &, N. Lederman, (Eds.), Handbook of research on science education (pp. 1105-1149). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
2. Achieve. (2010). Taking the lead in science education: Forging next-generation science standards. Washington, DC: Achieve. Retrieved from.
3. Aikenhead, G., (1996). Science education: Border crossing into the subculture of science. Studies in Science Education, 27, 1-52.
4. Anderson, J. O., Chiu, M. H., &, Yore, L. D., (2010). First cycle of PISA (2000-2006)-International perspectives on successes and challenges: Research and policy directions. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 8, 373-388.
5. Apple, M. W., (1999). Power, meaning and identity. Essays in critical educational studies. New York: Peter Lang Publ.
6. Astiz, M. F., Wiseman, A., &, Baker, D., (2002). Slouching toward decentralization: Consequences of globalization and other curricular control in national education systems. Comparative Education Review, 46, 66-88.
7. Beaton, A. E., Martin, M. O., Mullis, I. V. S., Gonzales, E. J., Smith, T. A., &, Kelly, D. A., (1996). Science achievement in the Middle Schools Years. IEA's Third International Mathematics and Science Study. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.
8. Beck, U., (2000). What is globalization ? Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
9. Beeth, M., Duit, R., Prenzel, C., Ostermeier, R., Tytler, R., &, Wickman, P. O., (2003). Quality development projects in science education. In, D. Psillos, P. Kariotoglou, V. Tselfes, E. Hatzikraniotis, G. Fassoulopoulos, &, M. Kallery, (Eds.), Science education research in the knowledge based society (pp. 447-457). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
10. Brown, P., Lauder, H., &, Ashton, D., (2008). Education, globalisation and the knowledge economy. London, UK: TLRP-Institute of Education, University of London.
11. Bybee, R., (1997). Towards an understanding of scientific literacy. In, W. Gräber, &, C. Bolte, (Eds.), Scientific literacy (pp. 37-68). Kiel, Germany: Institute for Science Education (IPN).
12. Carter, L., (2005). Globalisation and science education: Rethinking science education reforms. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 42 (5), 561-580. (Pubitemid 40750382)
13. Carter, L., (2008a). Globalization and science education: The implications of science in the new economy. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45 (5), 617-633. (Pubitemid 351703129)
14. Carter, L., (2008b). Science Education and contemporary times: Finding our way though the challenges. In, B. Atweh, C. Keitel, A. Calabrese Barton, C. Vistro-Yu, M. Borba, R. Vithal, &, N. Gough, (Eds.) Internationalisation and globalisation in mathematics and science education (pp. 79-94). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
15. Carter, L., &, Dediwalage, R., (2010). Globalisation and science education: The case of Sustainability by the Bay. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 5, 275-291.
16. Charlton, B., &, Andras, P., (2006). Globalization in science education: An inevitable and beneficial trend. Medical Hypotheses, 66, 869-873. (Pubitemid 43207638)
17. Chi, M. T. H., (1992). Conceptual change within and across ontological categories: Examples from learning and discovery in science. In, R. Giere, (Ed.), Cognitive models of science: Minnesota Studies in the philosophy of science (pp. 129-186). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
18. Chi, M. T. H., Slotta, J. D., &, de Leeuw, N., (1994). From things to processes: A theory of conceptual change for learning science concepts. Learning and Instruction, 4, 27-43.
19. Chiu, M. H., (2011). Bridging the gaps between policy and practice on equity for science education reforms. In, J. A. Bianchini, V. L. Akerson, A. Calabrese Barton, O. Lee, &, A. J. Rodriguez, (Eds.), Moving the equity agenda forward: Equity research, practice, and policy in science education. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
20. Clothey, R., Mills, M., &, Baumgarten, J., (2010). A closer look at the impact of globalization on science education. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 5, 305-313.
21. DeBoer, G. E., (2000). Scientific literacy: Another look at its historical and contemporary meanings and its relationships to science education reform. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 37 (6), 582-601.
22. Dolin, J., &, Krogh, L. B., (2010). The relevance and consequences of PISA science in a Danish context. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 8, 565-592.
23. Driver, R., &, Easley, J., (1978). Pupils and paradigms: A review of literature related to concept development in adolescent science students. Studies in Science Education, 5, 61-84.
24. Duit, R., &, Treagust, D. F., (1998). Learning in science-From behaviourism towards social contructivism and beyond. In, B. J. Fraser, &, K. G. Tobin, (Eds.), International handbook of science education, Part 1 (pp. 3-25). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
25. Eisenhart, M., (2008). Globalization and science education in a community-based after-school program. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 3, 73-95.
26. Ernest, P., (2008). Epistemological issues in the internationalization and globalization of mathematics education. In, B. Atweh, C. Keitel, A. Calabrese Barton, C. Vistro-Yu, M. Borba, R. Vithal, &, N. Gough, (Eds.) Internationalisation and globalisation in mathematics and science education (pp. 39-55). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
27. Fensham, P., (2008). Context or culture: Can TIMSS and PISA teach us avout what determines educational achievement in science? In, B. Atweh, C. Keitel, A. Calabrese Barton, C. Vistro-Yu, M. Borba, R. Vithal, &, N. Gough, (Eds.) Internationalisation and globalisation in mathematics and science education (pp. 151-172). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
28. Freeman, T. L., (2005). The world is flat: A brief history of the twenty-first century. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
29. Gilbert, J. K., &, Watts, M., (1983). Concepts, misconceptions and alternative conceptions: Changing perspectives in science education. Studies in Science Education, 10, 61-98.
30. Gough, N., (2008). All around the world science education, constructivisms, and globalisation. In, B. Atweh, C. Keitel, A. Calabrese Barton, C. Vistro-Yu, M. Borba, R. Vithal, &, N. Gough, (Eds.) Internationalisation and globalisation in mathematics and science education (pp. 19-38). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
31. Guo, C. -J., (2007). Issues in science learning: An international perspective. In, S. Abell, &, N. Lederman, (Eds.), Handbook of research on science education (pp. 227-256). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
32. Hodson, D., (2003). Time for action: Science education for an alternative future. International Journal of Science Education, 25 (6), 645-670. (Pubitemid 37496924)
33. Hwang, S. W., &, Roth, W. M., (2008). Learning science in an era of globalization: A phenomenology of the foreign/strange. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 3, 937-958.
34. Lin, J. -W., &, Chiu, M. -H., (2007). Exploring the characteristics and diverse sources of students' mental models of acids and bases. International Journal of Science Education, 29 (6), 771-803.
35. Martin, S. N., (2010). " Act locally, publish globally": International/multi-disciplinary research efforts needed to understand the impact of globalization on science education. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 5, 263-273.
36. Millar, R., &, Osborne, J., (1998). Beyond 2000: Science Education for the future. London, UK: King's College London.
37. OECD-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (1999). Measuring student knowledge and skills-A new framework for assessment. Paris, France: OECD.
38. OECD-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2006). Assessing scientific reading and mathematical literacy: A framework for PISA 2006. Paris, France: OECD.
39. OECD-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2009). Assessing scientific, reading and mathematical literacy-A framework for PISA (2009). Paris, France: OECD.
40. Osborne, J., (2007). Science education for the twenty first century. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 3 (3), 173-184.
41. Ostermeier, C., Prenzel, M., &, Duit, R., (2010). Improving science and mathematics instruction: The SINUS project as an example for reform as teacher professional development. International Journal of Science Education, 32 (3), 303-327.
42. PARSEL (2011). Retrieved from
43. Peters, M., (2002). Education, policy research and the global knowledge economy. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 34 (1), 91-102.
44. Penn, H., (2005). Unequal childhoods: Young children's lives in poor countries. London, UK: Routledge.
45. Quigley, C., (2009). Globalization and science education: The implications for indigenous knowledge systems. International Education Studies, 2 (1), 76-88.
46. Ratcliffe, M., (1997). Pupil decision-making about socio-scientific issues within the science curriculum. International Journal of Science Education, 19 (2), 167-182. (Pubitemid 127716995)
47. Roberts, D. A., (2007). Scientific literacy/science literacy. In, S. Abell, &, N. Lederman, (Eds.), Handbook of research on science education (pp. 729-780). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
48. Roth, K., Druker, S., Garnier, H., Chen, C., Kawanaka, T., Rasmussen, D., Trubacova, S., Warvi, D., Okamoto, Y., Gonzales, P., Stigler, J., &, Gallimore, R., (2006). Teaching science in five countries: Results from the TIMSS 1999 videostudy. Statistical analysis report. Washington, DC: NCES-National Centre for Educational Statistics.
49. Roth, W. -M., &, Barton, A. C., (2004). Rethinking scientific literacy. New York: Routledge Falmer.
50. Sadler, T. D., &, Zeidler, D. L., (2009). Scientific literacy, PISA, and socioscientific discourse: Assessment for progressive aims of science education. Journal of Research in Science Teaching (Special Issue: Scientific Literacy and Contexts in PISA Science), 46 (8), 909-921.
51. Seidel, T., Rimmele, R., &, Prenzel, M., (2005). Clarity and coherence of lesson goals as a scaffold for student learning. Learning and Instruction, 15, 539-556. (Pubitemid 41600270)
52. Solomon, J., &, Aikenhead, G., (1994). STS Education: International perspectives on reform. New York: Teacher College Press.
53. Spring, J., (2008). Research on globalisation and education. Review of Educational Research, 78, 330-363.
54. Tarnas, U., (2001, December 4). Danske elever er for darlige [Danish students are too bad] (press release). Copenhagen: Ministry of Education. Retrieved from.
55. Vosniadou, S., &, Brewer, W. F., (1992). Mental models of the earth: A study of conceptual change in childhood. Cognitive Psychology, 24, 535-585.
56. Waddington, D., Nentwig, P., &, Schanze, S., (2007). Making it comparable-Standards in science education. Münster, Germany: Waxmann.
57. Web of Science. (2011). Retrieved from.
58. Westbury, L., Hopmann, S., &, Riquarts, K., (2000). Teaching as reflective practice. The German Didaktik tradition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.