Introduction by the Series Editors -- Introduction: Context-Based Learning Environments in Science -- Section I: Perceptions and Characteristics of Context-Based Learning Environments -- Bringing Science to Life: Research Evidence -- Place-Based Learning Environments: Environmental Education in Teacher Education -- Science Kits: Learning Chemistry in a Context-Oriented Learning Environment -- Teaching and Learning in Context-Based Science Classes: A Dialectical Sociocultural Approach -- Section II: Teachers Creating Context-Based Learning Environments -- Teachers in Learning Communities: An Insight into the Work of the Project Chemie im Kontext -- Measuring Context-Based Learning Environments in Dutch Science Classrooms -- Interaction between Teachers and Teaching Materials: Creating a Context-Based Learning Environment in a Chemistry Classroom -- Supporting Teachers to Transform Their Classes into a Context-Based Learning Environment: Inquiry as a Context -- Analysing Middle School Students' Perceptions of Their Science Classroom in Relation to Attitudes and Motivation -- A Framework for Empowering Teachers for Teaching and Designing Context-Based Chemistry Education -- Context-Based Science Education in Senior Secondary Schools in The Netherlands: Teachers' Perceptions and Experiences -- Concluding Reflections on Context-Based Learning Environments in Science -- Reviewers of the Chapters in This Volume -- About the Authors -- Index.