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Reconceptualized Family Resemblance Approach to the Nature of Science in Middle-School Science Textbooks from Brazil and South Korea Regarding Environmental Issues
This study analyzes the elements of the nature of science (NOS) with respect to environmental issues in middle-school science textbooks, covering...
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Five Essential Features of Scientific Inquiry in Bahraini Primary School Science Textbooks and Workbooks
This study analyzed Bahraini primary school science textbooks and workbooks from grades 1 to 6 in terms of their coverage of the five essential...
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Analysis of High School Chemistry Textbooks Used in Iran for Representations of Nature of Science
This report includes the analysis of three chemistry textbooks in high schools in Iran for representation of nature of science (NOS). The analysis...
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Research on the Nature of Science in China’s Current High School Physics Textbooks
In this study, high school physics textbooks published by People’s Education Press (PEP) and Educational Science Publishing House (ESP) (a total of 6...
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Exploring the Inclusion of Nature of Science in Turkish Middle School Science Textbooks
Reconceptualized Family Resemblance Approach to Nature of Science (RFN) explains science as a cognitive, epistemic, and social institutional system....
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Representation of Changes about Nature of Science in Turkish Middle School Science Textbooks
The purpose of this study is to examine how and in what ways the dimensions of the nature of science are included in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade...
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Evaluation of Nature of Science Representations in Biology School Textbooks Based on a Differentiated Family Resemblance Approach
Studies on the quality of nature of science (NOS) representations in school science textbooks report them being mostly of implicit manner and not...
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Development of the Representation of the Nature of Science in Textbooks: the Case of High School Biology Textbooks in Mainland China
Integrating the nature of science (NOS) into textbooks is one of the challenges in science curricula. This case study assessed the issue based on a...
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Science Textbooks: Aids or Obstacles to Inquiry Teaching? Science Teachers’ Experiences in Norwegian Secondary Schools
Textbooks have several important functions in science education. By interviewing six teachers, this study shows how secondary school science teachers...
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Portrayals of Scientists in Science Textbooks of Secondary Schools in Iran: A Qualitative Study in the History of Science
The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the historical content in high school science textbooks in Iran to determine what image of...
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Representations of Nature of Science in Science Textbooks
This systematic review summarized 42 selected empirical studies on the representations of nature of science (NOS) in science textbooks guided by...
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Examining the Changes in Representations of Nature of Science in Chinese Senior High School Chemistry Textbooks
This paper aimed to examine the changes in the representations of nature of science (NOS) in Chinese senior high school chemistry textbooks under the...
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History of Science in Two Recent Versions of High School Physics Textbooks in China
The history of science has a unique value to teaching, and textbooks play an important role in permeating the history of science in science courses....
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Coherence of Topics from Middle-School Integrated Science Textbooks from Taiwan and Korea
Canonical coherence occurs when subject matter in school is organized to align with the logical structures of an academic discipline. Even though it...
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Examining the Nature of Practical Work in School Science Textbooks: Coverage of the Diversity of Scientific Methods
Practical work is a distinctive feature of school science and has close associations with scientific experiment and scientific methods as well. In...
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The impacts of animal farming: a critical review of secondary and high school textbooks
The exploitation of animals for human purposes raises several ethical concerns in the educational realm that ought to be carefully dealt with....
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Friends or Foes? Microorganisms in Greek School Textbooks
A thorough understanding of microorganisms is considered essential in order for students to understand their importance in biological systems and...
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An Analysis of Comprehension Strategies and Visuals Within Grade 6–8 Science Textbooks in the United States
This study analyzed the comprehension strategies and visuals in two science textbook series for grades 6, 7, and 8 as means of better understanding a...
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Representations of the Nature of Science in South African Physical Sciences Textbooks on Electricity and Magnetism
Develo** students’ understanding of and about science is an important educational goal. Learning the nature of science (NOS) has been recognized as...
