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Science Curriculum Requirements: Science Process Skills In Textbook Activities, Dilek Özalp
Science Curriculum Requirements: Science Process Skills In Textbook Activities, Dilek Özalp
Journal of Educational Research and Practice
Science textbooks play an important role in making scientific knowledge and applications available to learners. In most countries, science curriculum expects to cultivate scientifically literate individuals who are able to use science process skills. Critical analysis of textbooks is therefore crucial to determine whether they can facilitate this outcome. The purpose of this study is to find out to what extent science process skills are included in the activities of elementary and middle school science textbooks in Turkey. A total of 304 activities in six science textbooks were analyzed. A content analysis was employed to determine the frequency and percentage …
An Analysis Of The Texts In The Life Studies Textbooks In The Context Of The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child, Emrullah Akcan, Kemal Faruk Bakır
An Analysis Of The Texts In The Life Studies Textbooks In The Context Of The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child, Emrullah Akcan, Kemal Faruk Bakır
Journal of Educational Research and Practice
In this research, we analyzed the life studies lesson textbooks taught in Turkey as of 2019–2020 within the scope of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Considering this purpose, we conducted content analysis using the document analysis method, one of the qualitative research methods. As a result, two themes emerged from life studies textbooks (LSTs), namely “the formation of the perception of children’s rights” and “the basic rights of immigrants and children with special needs,” and we developed a total of 17 codes belonging to these themes. We found that the texts in the LSTs …