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題 名 | Organization of Biological Concepts in Elementary Science Textbooks=國小自然教科書中生物方面的概念發展 |
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作 者 | 蕭月穗; | 書刊名 | Proceedings of the National Science Council : Part D, Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education |
卷 期 | 10:2 2000.05[民89.05] |
頁 次 | 頁61-70 |
分類號 | 523.46 |
關鍵詞 | 國小; 自然教科書; 生物; Concept development; Textbook analysis; Elementary science; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | The purpose of this study was to examine how biological concepts are presented in elementary science textbooks in Taiwan. The concepts chiefly consisted of living things, animals, and plants presented in grades one through four. Fifteen units in the elementary science textbooks (1995) used by all school districts in Taiwan were chosen as the subject of investigation. The three major areas of interest were: (1) the attributes of the three relevant concepts, (2) the development of concepts in terms of content organization and the concepts connections, repetition, and complexity, and (3) the pedagogical emphasis of the texts. Results indicate that the most commonly mentioned attributes are "habitat," "movement," "growth," "Energy source," and "structure." The textbooks organize concepts from a very high-level concept (living things), to lower-level concepts (animals and plants), and then to more specific concepts (e.g., fish and silkworm). However, links among the concepts within a unit or across units are not adequately made. The textbooks present science as a way of thinking, but neglect the application of concepts and lack inquiry based on experiments and students' prior knowledge. |
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