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Educational researchers are bound to see this as a timely work. It brings together the work of leading experts in argumentation in science education. It presents research combining theoretical and empirical perspectives relevant for secondary science classrooms. Since the 1990s, argumentation studies have increased at a rapid pace, from stray papers to a wealth of research exploring ever more sophisticated issues. It is this fact that makes this volume so crucial.

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Editors´ Foreword
Preface. A. Tiberghien

Section I Argumentation Foundations
Chapter 1. Argumentation in Science Education: An Overview. M Jimenez Aleixandre & S Erduran
Chapter 2. Cognitive Foundations of Learning Argumentation. M. Garcia-Mila & C. Andersen
Chapter 3. Methodological Foundations in the Study of Science Classroom Argumentation. S. Erduran
Chapter 4. What can Argumentation tell us about Epistemology? W. Sandoval & K. Millwood.

Section II Research on Teaching and Learning Argumentation
Chapter 5. Designing Argumentation Learning Environments. M. Jimenez Aleixandre
Chapter 6. Social Aspects of Argumentation. S. Kolst¨ & M. Ratcliffe
Chapter 7. Analysis of Lines of Reasoning in Written Argumentation. G. Kelly, J. Regev & W. Prothero.
Chapter 8. Quality of Argumentation and Epistemic Criteria. R Duschl

Section III Argumentation in Context
Chapter 9. Argumentation in Socio-scientific Contexts. L. Simonneaux
Chapter 10. The Role of Moral Reasoning in Argumentation: Conscience, Characterand Care. D. Zeidler & T. Sadler
Chapter 11. Role of Information Technology in Supporting Argumentation in theClassroom. D. Clark, M. Baker, A. Weinberger and M. Menekse
Chapter 12. Science Teacher Education and Professional Development inArgumentation. A. Zohar

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From the reviews:
"Argumentation in Science Education ... is a comprehensive and authoritative handbook on ´school scientific argumentation´ ... . The book is principally aimed at researchers in didactics of science ... . The book comprises theoretical, empirical, and practical approaches that have clear implications both for analyzing and for fostering argumentation processes in the science classrooms of all educational levels, including teacher education. ... provides the readers with many powerful ideas that could eventually be inspected in subsequent investigations." (A. Adúriz-Bravo, Science & Education, September, 2010)

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