Open AccessBiologisk mångfald i svenska läroböcker för skolår 6-9
Author(s) -
María Grazia Ferlin
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
nordina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1894-1257
pISSN - 1504-4556
DOI - 10.5617/nordina.246
Subject(s) - syllabus , biodiversity , relation (database) , mathematics education , content analysis , taxon , sociology , ecology , biology , pedagogy , social science , psychology , computer science , database
This article presents a study of how different aspects of biodiversity, related to human activities, are described in six textbooks in Biology for secondary school in Sweden. It discusses the opportunities the books provide for pupils to attain the goals of the syllabus. The textbooks have been analyzed by using a quantitative content analysis with qualitative elements. The analysis has been undertaken in terms of four different aspects of biodiversity: utilitarian aspects, economic aspects, ethical aspects and aesthetic aspects. These are found in the parts of the books dealing with systematics, plants, animals, fungi, microbiology, biotechnology, the cell, ecology, etology, genetics, evolution and environmental care. The results show a variation between the textbooks in how biodiversity is defined, as well as in the proportions of the texts dealing with the issue. It is also found that the books contain faults and questionable formulations with regard to biodiversity. Finally, plausible effects of the pupils´ goal-attainments are discussed in relation to the structure, formulations and contents of the books.