Connection of Terms between Inquiry Activities and the Main Text in the Life Science Unit of Lower Secondary School Textbooks in the Republic of Korea

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Youngshin; Oh, Chaewon; Eskandari, Mohadesse; Lim, Soo-min
Titel	Connection of Terms between Inquiry Activities and the Main Text in the Life Science Unit of Lower Secondary School Textbooks in the Republic of Korea
Quelle	In: Journal of Baltic Science Education, 21 (2022) 6, S.1004-1025 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kim, Youngshin) ORCID (Oh, Chaewon) ORCID (Eskandari, Mohadesse) ORCID (Lim, Soo-min)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1648-3898
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Textbook Content; Secondary School Science; Science Instruction; Biological Sciences; Inquiry; Vocabulary; Grade 7; Grade 8; Biodiversity; Plants (Botany); Animals; Energy; Stimuli; Birth; Heredity; Genetics; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lehrbuchtext; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Abwasserbiologie; Wortschatz; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Biodiversität; Pflanze; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Energie; Anreizsystem; Geburt; Erblichkeit; Humangenetik; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Teachers are highly reliant on textbooks for teaching. In the Republic of Korea, science textbooks help students to understand scientific terms through inquiry activities. However, there is a lack of analysis on whether the inquiry activities suggested in these textbooks appropriately cover the terms included in the main text. Therefore, this study assesses the life science units included in widely used lower secondary school science textbooks in the Republic of Korea by analysing the connection between the terms presented in the inquiry activities and the main text using the NetMiner 4.0 programme. The results reveal that the life science units included in the lower secondary school science textbooks are well structured for learning life science terms through the inquiry activities, as the terms presented in the inquiry activities and the main text are well connected. However, the number of terms included in each unit greatly differs and needs to be supplemented with the optimization of the number of terms per unit. The results provide basic data for the future development of lower secondary school science textbooks. Future research should analyse how the terms used in inquiry activities and the main text are connected in real science classes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01