William H. Schmidt is a University
Distinguished Professor specializing in quantitative research methods.
A leader in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS),
with numerous research publications, he also works directly with states
and school districts on the implications of TIMSS.
Many Visions, Many Aims (Vol.2):
A Cross-National Investigation of Curricular Intentions in School Science
Schmidt, W. H., Raizen, S. A., Britton, E. D., Bianchi, L.
J., & Wolfe, R. G. (1997)
Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
ISBN: 0-7923-4439-1
Which goals and standards guide science education across the world?
This first report of the Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) explores this question by examining the rich data collected
in the TIMSS Curriculum Analysis.
This is a study without precedent in scale or detail. It includes an
exhaustive, page-by-page inventory of science content and other pedagogical
characteristics collected from hundreds of textbooks and curriculum
guides from almost 50 countries. These data document many important
features of these countries' mathematics education curricula.
The book examines important features of curriculum policy across the
TIMSS countries, especially the role of textbooks and curriculum guides.
It also portrays similarities and differences in science curricula in
the succession of objectives across grades. Additionally, it details
characteristics of the science curriculum as embodied in textbooks and
curriculum guides intended for select grades.
This book will be of interest to anyone concerned with science education
standards, curriculum policy, cross-national educational comparisons,
and science pedagogy. (Description from the book cover)