In Pursuit of Professionalism in the Field of Chemistry Education in China: The Story of Zhixin Liu

Autor/in	Wei, Bing
Titel	In Pursuit of Professionalism in the Field of Chemistry Education in China: The Story of Zhixin Liu
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 34 (2012) 13, S.1971-1989 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
DOI	10.1080/09500693.2012.709331
Schlagwörter	Chemistry; Theory Practice Relationship; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; National Curriculum; Science Departments; Science Teachers; Science Education; Case Studies; Educational Change; Curriculum Development; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Chemie; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Bildungsreform; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung
Abstract	In China, science educators as a professional group were originally referred to as academic staff responsible for teaching the subject-based science teaching methods course at the related science departments at teachers' universities. In this study, a biographic method was used to approach the professional life of Zhixin Liu, who was a senior science educator at the Department of Chemistry at Beijing Normal University, to reveal how he has become a professional science educator and what influences he has brought about to the chemistry education community over the past half a century in China. The main findings of this study were the two roles played by Liu in the enterprise of chemistry education in China: as an agent to disseminate national curriculum policies and as a scholar to construct the Chinese theories of chemistry teaching. Results show that the two roles were intertwined during the whole professional life of Liu. The implications of Liu's life story for dealing with the relationships between policy and practice and between theory and practice in the field of science education are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10