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Representation of Learning Outcomes Stipulated by the Intended Curriculum in Four Series of Chemistry Textbooks: Based on Legitimation Code Theory
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Bing Wei; Zhangyu Zhan; Zhimeng Jiang; Linwei Yu – Research in Science Education, 2025
Intellectual demands of learning outcomes in the intended curriculum have always been a concern across the field of science education. In particular, the representation of those learning outcomes stipulated by the intended curriculum in science textbooks has become a big issue for both science curriculum studies and science teaching practice. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Chemistry, Science Instruction
Perfectly Reasonable in a Practical World: Understanding Chemistry Teacher Responses to a Change Proposal
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Westbroek, Hanna; Janssen, Fred; Doyle, Walter – Research in Science Education, 2017
Curriculum ideals often get compromised as a curriculum moves through its various levels of representation. Across the different science reforms, this process of slippage is clearly present. Research shows that teacher subject matter knowledge, PCK, beliefs and context factors all influence implementation. Professional development arrangements…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development
An Examination of the Change of the Junior Secondary School Chemistry Curriculum in the P. R. China: In the View of Scientific Literacy
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Wei, Bing; Thomas, Gregory P. – Research in Science Education, 2006
This paper investigated the change of the Junior Secondary School Chemistry Curriculum (JSSCC) in the P. R. China over the period from 1978 to 2001. Document analysis was employed as the research method and data were collected from various versions of teaching syllabi, textbooks, and teachers' reference books published during this period. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Junior High Schools, Secondary School Curriculum, Secondary School Science