Review and Application of Representations Tools of Nature of Science Content in Chemistry Textbooks
CHEN Shao-Li1, LI Xin-Yu1, CHEN Bo2**, ZHANG Yu1, CHEN Ying-Xi1
1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China;
2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China
Abstract Understanding nature of science is an vital part of civil scientific literacy. Textbook is an important medium to help students develop the proper views of nature of science. Therefore, the research and representations of nature of science in the textbooks is of great significance to the cultivation of scientific literacy in citizens. This article introduces and comments in detail the representations tool of nature of science in textbooks constructed by Nigerian scholar Upahi et al, from three aspects, namely the essence of nature of science, the relationship between nature of science and the content of subject and the presentation of nature of science. Then we conduct the pilot study to apply this tool to analyze the chemistry textbooks in China.
CHEN Shao-Li, LI Xin-Yu, CHEN Bo, ZHANG Yu, CHEN Ying-Xi. Review and Application of Representations Tools of Nature of Science Content in Chemistry Textbooks[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, 42(7): 1-7.
