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Rapid advances in science and technology and continuous changes in the world greatly impact the lives of children and youths and, hence, their ways of experiencing and interacting phenomena in the world and people around them. These changes challenge science educators to rethink the epistemology and pedagogy in science classrooms today as the practice of science education needs to be proactive and relevant to students in their everyday world and prepare them for life in the present and in the future.
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Tan, K.C.D., Kim, M. (2012). Issues and Challenges in Science Education Research. In: Tan, K., Kim, M. (eds) Issues and Challenges in Science Education Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3980-2_1
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