Springer Science Education in Countries Along the Belt & Road: Future Insights and New Requirements (Lecture Notes in Educational Technology)

This book aims to highlight science education in countries along the Belt and Road. It consists of 30 chapters divided into three main parts, namely Arab and African countries, Asian countries and European countries,. We invited science education experts from 29 “Belt and Road” countries to introduce the current status of science education in their countries and the new requirements with the rapid evolution of Information Technology. The major contributions of this book include:  1) Provide the current status of science education in countries along the Belt and Road as well as the requirement for developing and improving science education in these countries;  2) Discuss new insights of science education in future years;  3) Inspire stakeholders to take effective initiatives to develop science education in countries along the Belt and Road.  From the Back Cover This book aims to highlight science education in countries along the Belt and Road. It consists of 30 chapters divided into three main parts, namely Arab and African countries, Asian countries and European countries,. We invited science education experts from 29 “Belt and Road” countries to introduce the current status of science education in their countries and the new requirements with the rapid evolution of Information Technology. The major contributions of this book include:  1) Provide the current status of science education in countries along the Belt and Road as well as the requirement for developing and improving science education in these countries;  2) Discuss new insights of science education in future years;  3) Inspire stakeholders to take effective initiatives to develop science education in countries along the Belt and Road.  About the Author Dr. Ronghuai Huang is Professor in Faculty of Education and Dean of Smart Learning Institute in Beijing Normal University. He received “Chang Jiang Scholar” Award in 2017, which is the highest academic award issued to an individual in higher education by the Ministry of Education in China. He now serves as Director of the National Engineering Lab for Intelligent Cyber-Learning Technology and Director of Beijing Key Laboratory for Educational Technology. He is also President of International Association of Smart Learning Environments, Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s Smart Learning Environments and Journal of Computers in Education, as well as Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s series Lecture Notes in Educational Technology and Smart Computing and Intelligence.  Ms. Xin Bing holds a Master of Laws and now is Researcher. She presently serves as Director General of Children and Youth Science Center of CAST. She is equipped with abundant theoretical knowledge and rich practical experience in the S&T education field, owing to her decades-long engagement in theoretical research on and practice in education management, S&T communication management as well as children and youth S&T education.  Dr. Ahmed Tlili is Co-Director of the OER Lab at the Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University (SLIBNU), China. He serves as Associate Editor of the IEEE Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology and the Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society. He is Vising Professor at UNIR-Spain and Expert at the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO). He has been awarded the IEEE TCLT Early Career Researcher Award in Learning Technologies for 2020. He has edited several special issues in several journals. He has also published over 100 research works, including books, as well as academic papers in international referred journals and conferences. He is serving as General Program Chair, Local Organizing and Program Committee Member in various international conferences, and Reviewer in several refereed journals. He is Co-Chair of IEEE special interest group on “Artificial Intelligence and Smart Learning Environments” and APSCE's Special Interest