Coll, Richard K.Taylor, Neil2009-09-042009-09-042008Coll, R. & Taylor, N. (2008). Science education in context: An overview and some observations. In R. K. Coll & N. Taylor(eds), Science Education in Context: An International Examination of the Influence of Context on Science Curricula Development and Implementation (pp. xi-xiv). The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/2897This book presents an international perspective of the influence of educational context on science education. By this we mean the context in which the teaching and learning takes place, rather than the use of a context-based approach to learning and teaching (Pilot & Bulte, 2006). The focus is on the interactions between curriculum development and implementation in non-Western and non- English-speaking contexts (i.e., outside the UK, USA, Australia, NZ, etc.).application/pdfenThis article has been published in book Science Education in Context: An International Examination of the Influence of Context on Science Curricula Development and Implementation. ©2008 Sense Publishers. Used with permission.science educationChapter in Book