Sourcebook for science education research in the Caribbean

Abstract

This sourcebook provides a comprehensive annotated listing of research in science education and related fields undertaken over the period 1970-1987, with a few references to relevant earlier works. It includes: 1) abstracts of published and unpublished completed research; 2) research in progress or planned; 3) personnel engaged in such research; 4) a list of journals in which research has been published; 5) conferences which have been held in the region, their aims and objectives; and 6) the science teachers’ associations, science curricula, and school population statistics of the islands (where available). The material is classified under the following themes: 1) Agriculture education, 2) Assessment in science education, 3) Cognitive development/concept attainment, 4) Curriculum development/implementation/evaluation, 5) Environmental education, 6) Science achievement/orientation, 7) Science attitudes, 8) Nutrition/health education, 9) Science education/teaching, 10) Science teacher education, and 11) Scientific literacy.