Do General Physics Textbooks Discuss Scientists' Ideas about Atomic Structure? A Case in Korea

Autor/inn/en	Niaz, Mansoor; Kwon, Sangwoon; Kim, Nahyun; Lee, Gyoungho
Titel	Do General Physics Textbooks Discuss Scientists' Ideas about Atomic Structure? A Case in Korea
Quelle	In: Physics Education, 48 (2013) 1, S.57-64 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-9120
DOI	10.1088/0031-9120/48/1/57
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Nuclear Physics; Scientists; Textbooks; Science History; Science Education; Science Instruction; Models; Chemistry; Experiments; South Korea; Turkey; United States; Venezuela + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Atomphysik; Kernphysik; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; History of science; Wissenschaftsgeschichte; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Analogiemodell; Chemie; Erprobung; Korea; Republik; Türkei; USA
Abstract	Research in science education has recognized the importance of teaching atomic structure within a history and philosophy of science perspective. The objective of this study is to evaluate general physics textbooks published in Korea based on the eight criteria developed in previous research. The result of this study shows that Korean general physics textbooks often lack detail about the history and philosophy of science. This result is quite similar to those published for the USA. Furthermore, chemistry textbooks published in the USA, Turkey and Venezuela are quite similar to the physics textbooks. This is a cause for concern as textbooks present theories as facts and ignore the historical reconstructions based on the development of scientific theories that frequently involve controversies and conflicts among scientists. The inclusion of historical reconstructions of ideas about atomic structure can provide students with a better appreciation of the dynamics of scientific progress. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10