Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: Connecting the Past and Future -- Ch 1: The Teaching of Science:Contemporary Challenges -- Ch 2: The Teaching of Science Content -- Ch 3: The Science Curriculum and Classroom Instruction -- Ch 4: Teaching Science as Inquiry -- Ch 5: Science Teaching and Assessing Students' Scientific Literacy -- Ch 6: Fulfilling National Aspirations Through Curriculum Reform -- Ch 7: Teaching Science as Inquiry and Developing 21st-Century Skills -- Ch 8: A Perspective on the Reform of Science Teaching -- Epilogue: Science Teachers as 21st-Century Leaders -- Appendix -- References -- About the Author -- Index.