Teaching and Learning in Science Series
About the Book Series
The Teaching and Learning in Science Series focuses on theoretical, empirical, and instruction-based scholarship derived from a wide range of research approaches and paradigms and on an equally wide variety of topics in science education.
Concerns about the quality of the teaching and learning of science are continually increasing at the international level. This is no more evident than in the continued emergence of reforms and standards globally, as well as in highly publicized international comparisons of academic achievement. In such a climate of high-stakes accountability, it is absolutely critical that science instruction have a solid theoretical foundation as well as demonstrable empirical support. The series is receptive to both theoretical and practitioner-oriented proposals. However, practitioner-oriented proposals should be based on empirical support, as opposed to simply the sharing of teaching ideas. We welcome all topics related to the teaching, learning, and assessment of science. Potential audiences include researchers, teacher educators, and K16 science teachers.
Although any single book may not appeal to all audiences, it is envisioned that the books in this series may be useful to one or more audiences. They may serve as resources to scholars, or as required reading, recommended reading, or core texts in teacher education courses at a graduate and/or undergraduate levels.
Book proposals may be authored by one or more individuals, or be an edited volume. The focus of the books in this series will address both perennial issues in the teaching and learning of science as well new and emerging areas of concern and interest. Potential themes for book proposals may include, but are certainly not limited to:
- scientific literacy
- STEM integration
- scientific inquiry
- nature of science
- history and philosophy of science
- socioscientific issues
- teaching and learning of science in urban or rural contexts
- pedagogical content knowledge
- assessment and evaluation
- K-16 teacher education
- early childhood-adult science education
- social and emotional learning
- research to policy
- research to practice
- place-based learning
- special needs science education
- learning through formal and informal science research experiences
- science education for equity, diversity and social justice
- science/science teacher identity
- science teaching and learning for multilingual language learners
- informal science education
- post-secondary science teaching and learning
- discipline-based education research
- professional learning/development
- community partnerships
- citizen science
- online teaching and learning
- virtual reality and artificial intelligence in science education
- environmental education and sustainability
- contemporary teaching methodologies
- indigenous science
- computational thinking
- research methodologies
- contemporary needs in science education
The Teaching and Learning in Science Series is meant to raise as many questions as it attempts to answer. No privilege is afforded to any research paradigm or educational perspective.
Wicked Problems in PreK-12 Science Education: Stories and Strategies for Confronting Complex Topics in the Science Classroom
1st Edition
Edited
By Jennifer Kreps Frisch, Daniel Mason Alston, Allan Feldman, Rita Hagevik, Michelle Schpakow
October 24, 2025
This resource offers science teachers and science teacher educators strategies for tackling 'wicked problems' in their classrooms. Contributors from across diverse PreK-12 educational contexts share how they confront and address these complex scientific or social problems. Chapters are organized ...
Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School: A Project-Based Learning Approach
6th Edition
By Joseph S. Krajcik, Charlene M. Czerniak
September 11, 2025
This essential science methods resource integrates principles of learning and motivation with practical teaching ideas for the elementary and middle school science classroom. It employs project-based learning (PBL) to enable educators to engage their students in meaningful, real-world questioning ...
Shaping Scientific Literacy in Every Elementary Classroom
1st Edition
By Judith S. Lederman, Selina L. Bartels, Valarie Akerson
April 16, 2025
This textbook guides teachers in enacting science instruction that results in the cultivation of scientifically literate students in elementary school. Prompting discussions in the pre-service environment around what it means to be scientifically literate, this book helps teachers introduce ...
Dialogic Collaborative Action Research in Science Education: Collaborative Conversations for Improving Science Teaching and Learning
1st Edition
By Allan Feldman, Jawaher Alsultan, Katie Laux, Molly Nation
August 17, 2023
This engaging and practical book offers science teacher educators and K-12 science teachers alike the tools to engage in a dialogic mode of collaborative action research (D-CAR), a collaborative mode of action research focused on teachers’ experiences with students, reflection upon these ...
Handbook of Research on Science Education: Volume III
1st Edition
Edited
By Norman G. Lederman, Dana L. Zeidler, Judith S. Lederman
March 17, 2023
Volume III of this landmark synthesis of research offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey highlighting new and emerging research perspectives in science education. Building on the foundations set in Volumes I and II, Volume III provides a globally minded, up-to-the-minute survey of the ...
Discourse Strategies for Science Teaching and Learning: Research and Practice
1st Edition
By Kok-Sing Tang
October 29, 2020
This engaging and practical volume looks at discourse strategies and how they can be used to facilitate and enhance science teaching and learning within the classroom context, offering a synthesis of research on classroom discourse in science education as well as practical discourse strategies that...
Sensemaking in Elementary Science: Supporting Teacher Learning
1st Edition
Edited
By Elizabeth A. Davis, Carla Zembal-Saul, Sylvie M. Kademian
November 01, 2019
Grounded in empirical research, this book offers concrete pathways to direct attention towards elementary science teaching that privileges sensemaking, rather than isolated activities and vocabulary. Outlining a clear vision for this shift using research-backed tools, pedagogies, and practices to ...
Representations of Nature of Science in School Science Textbooks: A Global Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Christine McDonald, Fouad Abd-El-Khalick
May 07, 2019
Bringing together international research on nature of science (NOS) representations in science textbooks, the unique analyses presented in this volume provides a global perspective on NOS from elementary to college level and discusses the practical implications in various regions across the globe. ...
Supporting Self-Directed Learning in Science and Technology Beyond the School Years
1st Edition
By Léonie J. Rennie, Susan M. Stocklmayer, John K. Gilbert
January 07, 2019
While much has been written about science education from pre-K through to postgraduate study, interaction with science and technology does not stop when schooling ends. Moving beyond scholarship on conventional education, this book extends the research and provides an original in-depth look at ...
Theory and Methods for Sociocultural Research in Science and Engineering Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Gregory J. Kelly, Judith L. Green
January 07, 2019
Introducing original methods for integrating sociocultural and discourse studies into science and engineering education, this book provides a much-needed framework for how to conduct qualitative research in this field. The three dimensions of learning identified in the Next Generation Science ...
Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School: A Project-Based Learning Approach
5th Edition
By Joseph S. Krajcik, Charlene M. Czerniak
June 07, 2018
Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School integrates principles of learning and motivation with practical teaching ideas for implementing them. Paralleling what scientists do, project-based learning (PBL) represents the essence of inquiry and the nature of science, and engages children and ...
Teaching Biology in Schools: Global Research, Issues, and Trends
1st Edition
Edited
By Kostas Kampourakis, Michael Reiss
June 01, 2018
An indispensable tool for biology teacher educators, researchers, graduate students, and practising teachers, this book presents up-to-date research, addresses common misconceptions, and discusses the pedagogical content knowledge necessary for effective teaching of key topics in biology. Chapters ...