FRONT COVER -- INNOVATIONS IN SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION IN THE ASIA PACIFIC -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION IN THE REGION -- PREVIOUS STUDIES ON SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION IN EAST ASIA -- PREVIEW OF THE 10 CHAPTERS IN THIS BOOK -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMISTRY TEACHERS IN THE NEW CURRICULUM -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NEW CURRICULUM IN MAINLAND CHINA -- THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMISTRY TEACHERS AT BNU -- TRAINING COURSES FOR PRESERVICE TEACHERS -- INNOVATION AT HNU: ON-DUTY PRACTICE AND REPLACEMENT TRAINING -- IMPLICATIONS -- REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 SCHOOL-BASED RESEARCH AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES: AN INNOVATIVE MODEL FOR PROMOTING TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION: REFLECTIONS ON IN-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION -- SCHOOL-BASED RESEARCH AND LEARNING -- MODES AND TECHNIQUES OF SCHOOL-BASED RESEARCH AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES -- MODEL OF PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMISTRY TEACHERS IN CHINA -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXT OF INNOVATIVE CHEMISTRY TEACHER EDUCATION -- INNOVATION IN CHEMISTRY TEACHER EDUCATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CHAPTER 5 OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE AS A MEANS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PRESERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS IN JAPAN -- INTRODUCTION -- SCIENCE TEACHERS' OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE AS A MEANS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- SECONDARY SCIENCE TEACHERS IN JAPAN -- A CASE STUDY -- IMPLICATIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 INNOVATION IN SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH KOREA -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CURRENT STATE OF SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH KOREA -- INNOVATION IN SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH KOREA -- CONCLUDING REMARKS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH KOREA.

REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 IN-SERVICE EDUCATION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCIENCE TEACHERS IN JAPAN: A CASE STUDY OF TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND OF IN-SERVICE EDUCATION FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS -- FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE OF ASCEST -- WORKSHOPS FOR IN-SERVICE TRAINING -- RESPONSES OF THE PARTICIPANTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 8 STATUS QUO AND OPPORTUNITIES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL SCIENCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHER EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- OPEN-ENDED SCIENCE INQUIRY: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE -- OPEN-ENDED SCIENCE INQUIRY: SCIENTIFIC REASONING -- SCIENCE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM: COLLABORATIVE LEARNING -- SCIENCE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM: E-LEARNING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE INITIATIVES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL -- CHAPTER 9 SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION AND SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: PROMISES AND DILEMMAS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXT -- INNOVATION -- IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 INNOVATIVE PROPOSALS FOR SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION IN TAIWAN -- INTRODUCTION -- CURRENT SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION -- INNOVATIVE PROPOSALS -- COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT CHANNELS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES.