Abstract
Representing an increasingly public and policy-relevant issue across the great diversity of nations, education is a field in which research-informed findings can illuminate important concerns in society (TLRP, 2006). Especially science education is an area that is frequently discussed in terms of challenges, shortcomings and deficiencies, as indicated by recent debates on the outcomes of international comparative studies on competences of students such as PISA (OECD, 2003, 2004a, 2007b, 2010, 2014) and TIMSS (Baumert, Bos, & Lehmann, 2000; Beaton et al., 1997; Bos et al., 2008; Martin, Mullis, Foy, & Stanco, 2012).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Schulte, T. (2017). Introduction. In: Desirable Science Education. Springer Spektrum, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18254-0_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18254-0_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer Spektrum, Wiesbaden
Print ISBN: 978-3-658-18253-3
Online ISBN: 978-3-658-18254-0
eBook Packages: EducationEducation (R0)