Science Education and Curriculum in South Africa

Oscar Koopman is Lecturer in Chemistry at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa. Koopman has found his home in phenomenology by exploring what it means to be a science teacher in contemporary South Africa, given the long history of apartheid and apartheid education in the country.

• Chapter 1 Phenomenology as a method in education research.- Chapter 2 Physical science: A science for government or a science for life?.- Chapter 3 My becoming and un-becoming: Life as a child, learner and university science student.- Chapter 4 I am ready for this new curriculum: The lived experiences of a Physical Science teacher.- Chapter 5 Do teachers also see what chemists see when they teach chemistry?.- Chapter 6 What can science teachers learn from the wine expert?.- Chapter 7 Harnessing the full use of the senses in the science classroom.- Chapter 8 Can a phenomenological approach enhance learning in science in South Africa?.