Organization and Presentation of “The Existence of Particles” Contents in Japanese Junior High School Science Textbooks
LI Ting-Ting1,2, WANG Xiu-Hong1, LI Yan-Long3
1. Department of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China;
2. College of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China;
3. Jilin Provincial Experimental School, Changchun 130021, China
Abstract This paper analyzed the content organization and presentation of "the existence of particle" in New Science textbooks of Japan from the following four aspects:"main idea", "core content", "important questions" and "situational activities", and found that New Science textbooks had the features such as the content organization and presentation with a focus on the structure of content and student cognitive development stage, scientific inquiry activities to lead and "particle model" dominant.
LI Ting-Ting, WANG Xiu-Hong, LI Yan-Long. Organization and Presentation of “The Existence of Particles” Contents in Japanese Junior High School Science Textbooks[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2018, 39(23): 14-18.