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ERIC Number: EJ1256392
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jun
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0157-244X
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Analysis of Five Junior High School Physics Textbooks Used in China for Representations of Nature of Science
Li, Xiying; Tan, Zuyu; Shen, Jiliang; Hu, Weiping; Chen, Yinghe; Wang, Jingying
Research in Science Education, v50 n3 p833-844 Jun 2020
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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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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