This book contains a selection of previously unpublished papers from an international Asian symposium on out-of-school science activities. These papers include: "Educational and Social Values of Out-of-School Science" (Peter Kelly); "School Versus Out-of-School: An Artificial Dichotomy" (William Mayer); "Biology of Leisure" (A. Rao); "Influences of Out-of-school Activities on Concept Formation in Science" (Gerhard Schaefer); "Problems and Prospects of Popularising Science and Technology Through Non-school Activities--Some Thoughts on the African Situation" (Michael Atchia); and "The Continuing Professional Development of School Teachers for Out-of-school Science Activities" (G. Rex Meyer). The volume also includes papers addressing regional trends and case studies: "Development of Out-of-school activities in Science Education in Jordan" (Elias Baydoun); "A Checklist of Out-of-school Science Activities in Kuwait" (M. Subbarini and A. Kablaoui); "Out-of-school Science Activities in Malaysia" (Cheong Siew Yoong); "Field Trips and School Camps--Developments in British Columbia" (Fred Gornall); "Out-of-school Activities in Japan for Primary and Secondary schools" (Kozo Imahori); "Out-of-school Science Activities--Retrospect and Prospects in the Caribbean" (Winston King); "Out-of-school Science Activities in the Federal Republic of Germany--An Historical Note" (Gerhard Schaefer); and five papers on out-of-school biology activities in Singapore. The conclusion contains the paper "The Place of Out-of-school Science in General Education--Current Trends and Future Prospects" (G. Rex Meyer). (JN)