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Representations of Nature of Science in Selected Histories of Science in the Integrated Science Textbooks in C hina
Author(s) -
Wei Bing,
Li Yue,
Chen Bo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
school science and mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1949-8594
pISSN - 0036-6803
DOI - 10.1111/ssm.12013
Subject(s) - nature of science , mathematics education , science education , series (stratigraphy) , psychology , biology , paleontology
This study aimed to examine the representations of nature of science ( NOS ) in the eight histories of science selected from three series of integrated science textbooks used in junior high school in C hina. Ten aspects of NOS were adopted in the analytical framework. It was found that NOS had not been well treated in the selected histories of science in the three series of science textbooks. Specifically, it was found that the empirical and inferential aspects were treated better than other aspects, and discrepancies existed among the three series of science textbooks and among the eight histories of science in terms of dealing with the target NOS aspects. Implications for addressing NOS in historical materials in science textbooks were discussed in the final part of this paper.