The Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research Vol.8 no.1 (2003) The Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research has just published Vol.8 no.1 (2003) of the Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies. This is a special issue dedicated to: "Learning in Science in the Mediterranean Region", and is guest edited by Constantinos P. Constantinou and Michalinos Zembylas from the University of Cyprus.

• Editorial: The role of science education in the Mediterranean region / Constantinos P. Constantinou and Michalinos Zembylas pp.1-5
• Science centres as sites for learning: the case of a Greek environmental centre / Kostas Dimopoulos, Spyridon Matiatos and Vasilis Koulaidis pp.7-28
• Global science literacy: definition, needs assessment and concerns for Cyprus / Rosanne W. Fortner and Constantinos P. Constantinou  pp.29-4
• School differences in physics examinations for grammar type schools in Malta / Suzanne Gatt   pp.43-60
• Lebanese students' views of the nature of science / Fouad Abd-el-Khalick and Saouma Boujaoude  pp.61-79
• Blunting the tension between informal and formal education in science: reforming the relationship between the school and the science museum in Greece / Demetris Koliopoulos   pp.81-95
• Mediterranean models for integrating environmental education and earth sciences through earth systems education / Nir Orion and Rosanne W. Fortner pp.97-111
• Some problems encountered in the introduction of innovations in secondary school science education and suggestions for overcoming them / Roser Pinto, Jaume Ametller, Digna Couso, Elena Sassi, Gabriella Monroy, Italo Testa and Sara Lombardi   pp. 113-134
• Teaching and learing science in Palestine: dealing with the new Palestinian science curriculum / Nader Atallah Wahbeh  pp.135-159
• Science education in the service of bridging the Israeli-Palestinian dispute over water resources / Ruth Zuzovsky, Miri levinger-Dressler, Ruth Yakir, Theo Wubbels and Harrie Eijkelhof   pp.161-185.

04.11.03