122nd General Meeting of the KCS

Type Poster Presentation
Area Chemistry Education
Room No. Grand Ballroom
Time 10월 18일 (목요일) 11:00~12:30
Code EDU.P-500
Subject Analysis of the reading materials in the chemistry domain of elementary school science and middle school science textbooks and chemistry I and chemistry II textbooks
Authors Yooni Jung, Sukjin Kang1, Jihyun An*
Department of Chemical Education, Seoul National University, Korea
1Department of Science Education, Jeonju National University of Education, Korea
Abstract In this study, the characteristics of the reading materials in the chemistry domain of elementary school science and middle school science textbooks and chemistry I and chemistry II textbooks developed under the 2009 Revised National Science Curriculum were investigated. The criteria for classifying the reading materials were the types of theme, purpose, presentation and students' activity. The inscriptins in the reading materials were also analyzed from the viewpoint of type, role, caption type, and proximity type. The results indicated that more reading materials were included in the elementary science textbooks than middle school science, chemistry I, and/or chemistry II textbooks. The percentage of ‘application in everyday life’ theme was high in the reading materials of elementary science textbooks, whereas the percentage of ‘scientific knowledge’ theme was high in those of middle school science, chemistry I, and/or chemistry II textbooks. It was also found that the percentage of ‘expanding concepts’ purpose was high in the reading materials of elementary science textbooks, whereas the percentage of ‘supplementing concepts’ purpose was high in those of middle school science, chemistry I, and/or chemistry II textbooks. Several limitations in the use of inscriptions were found to exist; most inscriptions were photograph and/or illustration; many inscriptions were presented without a caption; there was a problem in the proximity of inscriptions to text.
E-mail kangsj@jnue.kr