Critical Analysis of Science Textbooks ― Evaluating Instructional Effectiveness

This book synthesizes the growing body of research on science textbooks. It explores theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, methodological issues, critical analysis and conceptual frameworks and tools for the evaluation of textbooks.

Myint Swe Khine is Associate Professor and Head of Graduate Programs and Research Division at Bahrain Teachers College, University of Bahrain. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University of Technology, Australia. He received his Master degrees from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA and University of Surrey, Guildford, UK; and Doctor of Science Education from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. He worked in Nanyang Technology University, Singapore and Murdoch University, Australia before joining the University of Bahrain. He publishes widely in the academic journals and edited several books. Recent publications include Engaged Learning with Emerging Technologies (Springer, 2006), Teaching with Technology: Strategies for Engaging Learners (Prentice-Hall, 2006), Knowing, Knowledge and Beliefs, Epistemological Studies across Diverse Cultures (Springer, 2008), and Fostering Scientific Habits of Mind: Pedagogical Knowledge and Best Practices in Science Education (Sense Publisher, 2009), New Science of Learning: Cognition, Computers and Collaboration in Education (Springer, 2010). His latest books, Perspectives on Scientific Argumentation and Advances in Nature of Science are published by Springer in 2011.