Christine V. McDonald is Senior Lecturer in Science Education, School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia.

Fouad Abd-El-Khalick is Dean and Professor, School of Education, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

Preface

1 Representations of Nature of Science in School Science Textbooks
Christine V. McDonald and Fouad Abd-El-Khalick

2 A Longitudinal Analysis of the Extent and Manner of Representations of Nature of Science in U.S. High School Chemistry, Biology, and Physics Textbooks
Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, Jeremy J. Belarmino, Jeanne L. Brunner, An-Phong Le, John Y. Myers, Ryan G. Summers, Nader Wahbeh, Noemi Waight, Mindy Waters, and Ava A. Zeineddin

3 Relationship between Domain-Specific and Domain-General Aspects of Nature of Science in Science Textbooks
Mansoor Niaz

4 The Portrayal of Nature of Science in Lebanese 9th Grade Science Textbooks
Saouma BouJaoude, Zoubeida R. Dagher, and Sara Refai

5 Exploring Representations of Nature of Science in Australian Junior Secondary School Science Textbooks: A Case Study of Genetics
Christine V. McDonald

6 Nature of Science Representations in Greek Secondary School Biology Textbooks
Kostas Kampourakis

7 Representations of Nature of Science in U.S. Elementary Science Trade Books
Jeanne L. Brunner and Fouad Abd-El-Khalick

8 Improving Representation of Nature of Science in Textbooks through Action Research: A Canadian Perspective
Maurice DiGiuseppe

9 An Analysis of the Representation of Nature of Science in a Chemistry Textbook in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
Nizar El-Mehtar and Sahar Alameh

10 An Analysis of South African School Science Textbooks for Representations of Nature of Science

Umesh Ramnarain

11 Representations of Nature of Science in German School Chemistry Textbooks

Karl Marniok and Christiane S. Reiners

12 Where to from here? Implications and Future Directions for Research on Representations of Nature of Science in School Science Textbooks
Christine V. McDonald and Fouad Abd-El-Khalick

List of Contributors