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Critical Analysis of Science Textbooks : Evaluating instructional effectiveness / edited by Myint Swe Khine

Khine, Myint Swe

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2013

Online-Ressource (VII, 312 p. 34 illus, digital)

Englisch

Contents; Contributors; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1: The Criteria for Evaluating the Quality of the Science Textbooks; Introduction; Textbooks in Science Teaching and Learning; The Analysis of the Science Textbooks; Teachers and Textbooks in Science Classroom; Textbooks' Quality Criteria; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Development of the Graphical Analysis Protocol (GAP) for Eliciting the Graphical Demands of Science Textbooks; Guidelines for Evaluating the Graphics in Science Textbooks; Complex Categorization Systems: Accounting for Numerous Types

Teacher-Friendly Classification SystemSimpler Classification Systems; Parts and Steps; Text-Diagram Integration; Application and Discussion; Appendix; Graphical Analysis Protocol (GAP); Working Definitions and Codes; Part I: Text (At This Point You Code at the Page Level); Part II: Graphics (Now You Code at the Individual Graphics); Part III: Integration; References; Part II: Textual and Language Analysis of Science Textbooks; Chapter 3: Understanding the Disciplines of Science: Analysing the Language of Science Textbooks; Introduction; The Study; Vocabulary Diversity

Contrasting Low Diversity Chapters with High Diversity ChaptersMajor Structural Relations; Patterns of Co-occurrence; Grouping the Chapters; Contrasting Classification Systems; Associations Among the Groupings; Conclusions; References; Corpus Materials; Chapter 4: Towards a More Epistemologically Valid Image of School Science: Revealing the Textuality of School Science Textbooks; School Science and Science in the Public Field; The Concealment of Textuality of School Science Textbooks

Towards a Proposal for the Disclosure of Textuality of Educational Materials for the Teaching of Natural SciencesTextual Types Revealing Textuality and Thus Enhancing Reflexivity; Dialogue; Theatrical Script (Play); The Attribution of Human Voice to Entities; The Diary; Review of the Literature; Description of Conditions Behind the Authorship of Educational Material Texts; Quotations; Figures of Speech; Irony; Paradox; Hyperbole; Rhetorical Questions; Self-Reference; Reinforcing the Modality of Formalities; Synopsis; Postscriptum; References

Chapter 5: How Effective Is the Use of Analogies in Science Textbooks?Introduction; Potential Roles of Analogies in Promoting Meaningful Learning; Challenges and Difficulties Associated with Using Analogies in a Classroom Setting; What Does Research Tell Us About How Analogies Should Be Used?; Textbook Analogies; Research About the Effects of Textual Analogies on Learning; How Effective Is Analogy Use in Science Textbooks?; Implications for the Future Use of Analogies in Science Textbooks; Teaching-With-Analogies Model; FAR (Focus, Action, Reflection) Model; Conclusions; References

Chapter 6: Textual Features and Language Demands of Primary Grade Science Textbooks: The Call for More Informational Texts in Primary Grades

Description based upon print version of record

Druckausg.: Critical analysis of science textbooks

978-94-007-4168-3

978-94-007-4167-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

TT050421539

OCoLC: 874347304 (aus SWB)     

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/978-94-007-4168-3

TB 4060  | TB 4056  | DP 1760      Ähnliche Literatur

LC8-6691

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LOC-SH: Science -- Study and teaching ; Education ; Education ; Science -- Study and teaching

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 everything from theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, methodological issues, and conceptual frameworks for critical analysis, to practical techniques for evaluation.Contributions from many of the most distinguished scholars in the field give this collection its sure-footed contemporary relevance, r