Critical Analysis of Science Textbooks Evaluating instructional effectiveness /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Khine, Myint Swe (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Education.; Science education.; Science Education.; Learning & Instruction.

The critical analysis of science textbooks is vital in improving teaching and learning at all levels in the subject, and this volume sets out a range of academic perspectives on how that analysis should be done. Each chapter focuses on an aspect of science textbook appraisal, with coverage of everyt...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• PART I – INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1 The Criteria for Evaluating the Quality of the Science Textbooks, Iztok Devetak, Janez Vogrinc
• CHAPTER 2 Development of the Graphical Analysis Protocol (GAP) for Eliciting the Graphical Demands of Science Texts, Scott Slough, Erin McTigue
• PART II – TEXTUAL AND LANGUAGE ANALYSIS OF SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS
• CHAPTER 3 Understanding the Disciplines of Science: Analyzing the Language of Science Textbooks, Sandy Muspratt, Peter Freebody
• CHAPTER 4 Towards a More Epistemologically Valid Image of School Science: Revealing the Textuality of School Science Textbooks, Kostas Dimopoulos, Christina Karamanidou
• CHAPTER 5 How Effective Is the Use of Analogies in Science Textbooks? MaryKay Orgill
• CHAPTER 6 Textual Features and Language Demands of Primary Grade Science Textbooks: The Call for more Informational Texts in Primary Grades, Nadine Bryce
• PART III – CONTENT ANALYSIS OF SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS
• CHAPTER 7 A Review of the Earth Science Content of Science Textbooks in England and Wales, Chris King
• CHAPTER 8 A Content Analysis of Science in Nineteenth Century US Readers: Early American Science Education, Peter Rillero
• CHAPTER 9 Educational Approach to Environmental Complexity in Life Sciences School Manuals: An Analysis Across Countries, Silvia Caravita, Adriana Valente
• CHAPTER 10 Analysis of Turkish General Chemistry Textbooks based on a History and Philosophy of Science Perspective, Mansoor Niaz, Bayram Coştu
• CHAPTER 11 An Analysis of Standard-based High School Physics Textbooks of Finland and the United States, Do-Yong Park, Jari Lavonen
• CHAPTER 12 A Qualitative Method to Determine How Textbooks Portray Scientific Methodology, Ian C Binns
• CHAPTER 13 Science and Science Teaching, Nicos Valanides, Maria Papageorgiou, Pavlos Rigas
• CHAPTER 14 Content Analysis of Diagrams in Secondary School Science Textbooks, Yang Liu, David F. Treagust
• PART VI – CONCLUSION
• CHAPTER 15 Analysis of Science Textbooks for Instructional Effectiveness, Myint Swe Khine.