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Direct linkYeh, Yi-Fen; Dhurumraj, Thasmai; Ramnarain, Umesh – Science & Education, 2023
Developing students' understanding of and about science is an important educational goal. Learning the nature of science (NOS) has been recognized as a critical component of science literacy, affecting how students (our future citizens) make informed decisions. Textbooks can be useful teaching materials if the content presented aligns with…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Foreign Countries, Physical Sciences, Textbooks
Ernest Nkosingiphile Mazibe; Marissa Rollnick – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
Curriculum statements are crucial documents for guiding teaching and learning as they describe the content and skills to be acquired by learners. Textbooks translate curriculum statements into materials for use in schools. This study examines the educative nature of three physical sciences textbooks about electrostatics using the lens of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Physical Sciences, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Download full textEkol, George; Mlotshwa, Simphiwe – Pythagoras, 2022
This case study carried out during the 2020 coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown used online data collection means to investigate the distribution of cognitive demand levels of probability and counting principles (PCP) learning tasks in a popular online Grade 12 mathematics textbook, based on the PCP teachers' rating. The teachers'…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Probability, Computation
Lucy Sibanda; Tracey Herman – South African Journal of Education, 2024
Textbooks socialise and legitimise cultural norms, and therefore, learners' social worlds should find expression in their textbooks. In the study reported on here we examined how Grade 4 English First Additional Language and life skills textbooks reflected learner diversity in South African schools as manifested in their racial, gender,…
Descriptors: Textbook Evaluation, Diversity, Content Analysis, Grade 4
