Contemporary science teaching approaches focus on fostering students to
construct new scientific knowledge as a process of inquiry rather than having
them act as passive learners memorizing stated scientific facts. Although this
perspective of teaching science is clearly emphasized in the National Research
Council's National Science Education Standards (NRC, 1996), it is however
challenging to achieve in the classroom. Science teaching approaches should
enhance students' conceptual understanding of scientific concepts which can be later utilized by students in
deeper recognition of real world (Marsak & Janouskova, 2007). This book identifies and describes several
different contemporary science teaching approaches and presents recent applications of these approaches in
promoting interest among students. It promotes conceptual understanding of science concepts among them as
well. This book identifies pertinent issues related to strategies of teaching science and describes best practice The
chapters in this book are culmination of years of extensive research and development efforts to understand more
about how to teach science by the distinguished scholars and practicing teachers.