Science Education and International Cross-Cultural Reciprocal Learning: Perspectives from the Nature Notes Program

This book explores cross-cultural exchanges in science education, emphasizing a two-way learning process in collaborative efforts between international teams and partner schools. It raises awareness about Chinese farming culture and extends students' outdoor learning experiences. Educators share insights on the cross-cultural collaborative process and its impact on learning.

Format: Hardback
Length: 164 pages
Publication date: 26 January 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This volume draws on findings from the Canada-China Nature Notes Reciprocal Learning Program to explore cross-cultural exchanges in science education in and outside of the classroom. Under the collaborative reciprocity perspective, cross-cultural learning needs to go beyond simple comparison in practices, values, and results and moves to a paradigm that emphasizes a two-way learning process in the context of acting together. Through collaborative work between the international teams and partner schools, the program described in this book shows how collaborative efforts between the two sister schools worked to raise awareness about Chinese farming culture and extend students' outdoor learning experiences. In this book, educators from across the research team share their insights and reflect on the cross-cultural collaborative process and how it impacted the learning experiences of themselves and their students.

This volume draws on findings from the Canada-China Nature Notes Reciprocal Learning Program to explore cross-cultural exchanges in science education in and outside of the classroom.

Under the collaborative reciprocity perspective, cross-cultural learning needs to go beyond simple comparison in practices, values, and results and moves to a paradigm that emphasizes a two-way learning process in the context of acting together.

Through collaborative work between the international teams and partner schools, the program described in this book shows how collaborative efforts between the two sister schools worked to raise awareness about Chinese farming culture and extend students' outdoor learning experiences.

In this book, educators from across the research team share their insights and reflect on the cross-cultural collaborative process and how it impacted the learning experiences of themselves and their students.

Weight: 379g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031171567
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023