The Images of Science Through Cultural Lenses : A Chinese Study on the Nature of Science.

Intro -- The Images of Science Through Cultural Lenses: A Chinese Study on the Nature of Science -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Understanding the Nature of Science from Different Cultural Perspectives: A Chinese Study -- 2. Images of Science in Traditional Chinese Culture: Views of Nature and Ways of Thinking -- 3. When the Chinese Meet the West: The Assimilated and the Marginalised -- 4. The Images of Science in Chinese Science Education: The History and the Contemporary -- 5. The Functional Images of Science: A Study with Chinese Science Teachers -- 6. The Images of Science and Science Education: Reflection and Implications -- Endnotes -- Appendices -- References -- Index.

This publication aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of tertiary education in China. It is the result of a partnership established between the World Bank and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Graduate School of Education to collect and disseminate information on higher education in the China.

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