A Content Analysis of the History of Science in the National Science Educational Standards Documents and Four Secondary Science Textbooks

This paper discusses both the extent and manner in which the history of science is included in current secondary school physics textbooks. The study investigates what qualifies as history of science in a physics textbook; the focus, extent, and pervasiveness of the history of science content as it a...

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Main Author Wang, HsingChi A
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.1999
Subjects
National Science Education Standards
National Standards
Physics
Science History
Science Instruction
Scientific Enterprise
Scientific Principles
Secondary Education
Textbook Content
Textbook Evaluation
Textbooks
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Summary:This paper discusses both the extent and manner in which the history of science is included in current secondary school physics textbooks. The study investigates what qualifies as history of science in a physics textbook; the focus, extent, and pervasiveness of the history of science content as it actually appears in a textbook; the focus of content standards in policy documents with regard to the history of science inclusion; and the degree of alignment between the standards documents and secondary school physics textbooks. Contains 16 references and 11 tables. (WRM)