environment, 39

frameworks, xvi

perspectives, xv, xix, xxi, xxvii

theory, xxii–xxiii

socioecological assemblages, xvi

sociological, 149–150

sociopolitical, xvi, 193

socioscientific issues, 31, 35

soil irrigation skills, xviii

spectroscope, 127

stability, 53

state-mandated standardized tests, 10, 60, 76, 139

student

attitude, 8, 60–61

content acquisition, 8

engagement, xiv, xxiii–xxiv, 8, 11–12, 15, 60, 62, 64, 94–97, 99, 108–109, 169–170, 189

performance, xxiv, 11, 15, 38, 47, 60, 72–73, 76, 78, 139, 150

relevance, 97, 171

sustainability issues, xvi, xxi

sustainability science, xvi

systems and interactions, 53

teacher-designed assessment measures, 73

technoscientific progress paradigm, xvi

textbook adoption, 113–114, 116, 133, 143, 157

textbook dependency, 97, 170

theory triangulation, 64

Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS), 22

Third World development studies, xvi

traditional curriculum, xxiv, 15, 36, 58, 75, 85, 93, 138, 140, 142

traditional ecological knowledge, xvi, 193

transitional, xvii

triangulation, xxv, 64, 137

U.S. Census, 5, 200

unity and diversity, 53

University Partnership-Urban Initiative (UP-UI), 66

urban

areas, vii, 4

contexts, vii, 35

education, 19, 190

Voyage of the MiMi, xxii

Western science, xv, xvii, xix, 36, 196