Analysis of Five Junior High School Physics Textbooks Used in China for Representations of Nature of Science
Based on the analytical framework of nature of science (NOS) in junior school science textbooks, a content analysis method was adopted to analyze the NOS in junior middle school physical textbooks (grade 8) of five editions authorized by the Ministry of Education of China, and the features of NOS we...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Research in science education (Australasian Science Education Research Association) 2020-06, Vol.50 (3), p.833-844 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Based on the
analytical framework of nature of science
(NOS) in junior school science textbooks, a content analysis method was adopted to analyze the NOS in junior middle school physical textbooks (grade 8) of five editions authorized by the Ministry of Education of China, and the features of NOS were analyzed and compared. It was found that all five textbooks presented poor representations of NOS. None of these five editions were scientifically objective, nor did they include discussions of scientific laws and theories. Furthermore, they rarely presented empirical evidence to support their arguments. The explicit representations of NOS were particularly inadequate. |
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ISSN: | 0157-244X 1573-1898 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11165-018-9713-z |