This study assessed the representations of nature of science (NOS) in high school chemistry
textbooks and the extent to which these representations have changed during the past four …

'Science as inquiry'is a key content standard in the National Science Education Standards to
be enacted by US science teachers. This paper is the result of a study that was conducted in …

Five high school biology textbooks were examined to determine the inclusion of four aspects
of the nature of science:(a) science as a body of knowledge,(b) science as a way of …

This study assessed the (i) ways in which, and extent to which, several aspects of nature of
science (NOS) are represented in high school biology and physics textbooks in the United …

Science as inquiry is a key content standard in the National Science Education Standards;
however, few secondary science teachers successfully and consistently implement inquiry …

Science education is facing yet another wave of reform efforts. Unlike earlier science reform
efforts, today's reforms focus on the idea that “Science is for ALL Americans”(Rutherford & …

The aim of this study was to assess how the different aspects of nature of science (NOS)
were represented in Finnish and Swedish upper secondary school chemistry textbooks. The …

As teachers committed to educating all students, we need to learn more about how
instructional materials shape representations of sexuality and gender. Through its insistent …

Formal understanding of the nature of science (NOS) has been considered to be a major
contributor to nurturing students' scientific literacy. In China, this view has been endorsed in …

Background For the past few decades, scholars have argued for the inclusion of science-
tcchnology-socicty (STS) issues in scicncc curriculum (Bybce, 1987, 1993; Hart & Robottom …