This best selling collection of original papers represents both for the scholar and the student an updating and a perspective of value on a subject that is at the heart of the educational process.

This volume explores the contemporary situation of teachers' careers and teachers' lives in the context of falling roles, educational cuts and government demands for fundamental change in educational processes.

A summary of the strengths and weaknesses in present practices of science education in schools, and of research in science education. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.