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by Nasser Mansour (Volume Editor), Heba El-Deghaidy (Volume Editor)
This book presents an international perspective of the influence of cultural issues on STEM reform. Effective STEM education is of considerable importance internationally because there is increase pressure by governments to produce technically skilled people from the compulsory education sectors; people capable of participating actively in the so-called' knowledge economy' or knowledge society. An important and distinguishing feature of the book is that it draws upon the empirical experiences and research of the local experts from an extremely diverse cohort across the world.
Contributors are: Nayif Awad, David Barlex, Alexandra Bazdar, Saouma BouJaoude, Heba EL-Deghaidy, Marwa Eltanahy, Sibel Erduran, Sufian Forawi, Clare Gartland, Lilia Halim, Ying-Shao Hsu, Zanaton Haji Iksan, Deena Khalil, Meredith Kier, Nasser Mansour, Mohamad Sattar Rasul, Seema Rivera, Dalene Swanson, Paige Teamey, Tuan Mastura Tuan Soh, Russell Tytler, Noël Williams and Yi-Fen Yeh.
Author Biography
Nasser Mansour, PhD (2008), is Associate Professor of Science Education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter, UK. He was Director of the Centre for Research in STEM Education. He has been recognised and promoted by the Supreme of Universities in Egypt to Full Professor in Science Education at Tanta University, Egypt.
Heba EL-Deghaidy, PhD (2001), is a Professor of Curricula and Science Education. She is a tenured faculty at the American University in Cairo where she teaches MA students at the Graduate School of Education.
