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A Comparative Study on Physics Inquiry Activities of Science Textbooks for Secondary School in Korea and Singapore  

Lee, Jae-Bong (Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation)
Shin, Kwang-Moon (Seoul National University)
Park, Jong-Chan (Seoul National University)
Kim, Dong-Hoon (Seoul National University)
Lee, Sung-Muk (Seoul National University)
Kim, Tae-Il (Seoul National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.27, no.7, 2007 , pp. 547-558 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to compare inquiry activities in science textbooks' physics contents for Korean secondary schools with those of Singapore in order to provide a reference for further improvement of inquiry activities in Korean science textbooks. We analyzed inquiry activities using the framework of Millar et al.(1998) and Chinn & Malhotra (2002). The results of this study are as follows: There are differences between Korean and Singaporean inquiry activities in the area of 'learning objectives', 'students' thinking activities' and 'degree of openness'. In the area of 'learning objectives', the Korean textbooks have more activities associated with the learning of science content than those in Singaporean, whereas the Singaporean textbooks have more activities associated with the processes of scientific inquiry than in Korean textbooks. In the area of 'students' thinking activities', the Singaporean textbooks have activities like 'test a prediction', which Korean textbooks lack. The 'degree of openness' is higher in Singaporean textbooks than in Korean textbooks. And some differences in the area of 'authentic scientific inquiry' between Korean and Singaporean textbooks were also found. While the Korean textbooks do not have any activities associated with 'generating research questions', the Singaporean ones feature such activities. In the area of 'designing studies', the Singaporean textbooks have activities corresponding to 'selecting variables' and 'controlling variables', while the Korean ones never have such activities. The results of this study imply that it is necessary to balance inquiry activities in the area of 'learning objectives', 'students' thinking activities' and 'degree of openness', and to present activities close to authentic scientific inquiry in inquiry activities in textbooks.
Keywords
inquiry activity; science textbook; authentic scientific inquiry; Korea; Singapore;
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