Chapter One: Resources to Craft a Philosophy to Guide Professional Development in Elementary Science Bonnie Shapiro and Sandy Last Chapter Two: Contextualizing Professional Development in Large Multicultural, Multilingual Urban American Communities Pamela Fraser-Abder Chapter Three: Professional Development in Japan and China: Issues and Challenges Pamela Fraser-Abder and Sau-Ling Chen Chapter Four: Professional Development for Teachers of Science: The Canadian Experience Pierre Farragher Chapter Five: Changing Traditions of Science Teacher Professional Development in the Philippines Purita Bilbao, Lourdes N. Morano, Tessie Barcenal, Merilin A. Castellano, Sharon Nichols, Deborah Tippens Chapter Six: Science Teacher Education in Trinidad and Tobago: Challenges and Possibilities June George Chapter Seven: Theory and Practice in Science Teacher Education: The German Experience Helmut Fischler Chapter Eight: Teacher Education in Kenya and Cultural Extinction: How Can the Past Serve as a Link to the Future? Norman Thompson Chapter Nine: Culturally and Politically Based Education: A Story of Latin American Science Education Development William R. Veal, M. Francisca Dussaillant, Giovanni Obando Roman Chapter Ten: The Role of Onservice Professional Development of Science Teachers in Large-Scale Changes in Teaching Practice: A Look at Britain and Indonesia Philip Adey Chapter Eleven: The Changing Role of the Head of the Department in England Justin Dillon Chapter Twelve: Key Issues and Contextual Factors in Professional Development of Preservice Science Teachers: Perspectives from Israel, Greece, Italy and the US Uri Zoller and David Ben-Chaim