نظریه و عمل در برنامه درسی

نظریه و عمل در برنامه درسی

ارزیابی کتاب‌های درسی علوم تجربی دوره متوسطه اول براساس مؤلفه‌های ماهیت علم

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان
1 Tarbiat-e-Moallem St, Shahid Farahzadi Blv, Qods
2 دانشجوی کارشناسی آموزش علوم تجربی، دانشگاه فرهنگیان، تهران، ایران.
3 معاون آموزشی، مدرسه ابتدایی شاهد، ساری، ایران.
10.22034/cstp.2026.572831.1139
چکیده
این پژوهش با هدف بررسی میزان توجه کتاب‌های درسی علوم تجربی متوسطه اول به مؤلفه‌های مرتبط با ماهیت علم انجام شده است. این پژوهش با روش تحلیل محتوای کمی انجام شد. جامعه آماری و نمونه آماری شامل سه کتاب درسی علوم تجربی پایه‌های هفتم، هشتم و نهم بود و همه متن‌ها، تصاویر و فعالیت‌های موجود در این کتاب‌ها مورد تحلیل قرار گرفت. ابزار پژوهش بر اساس چارچوب استاندارد که توسط سایر پژوهشگران، از روایی مناسبی برخوردار است. پایایی کدگذاری نیز از طریق ضریب تؤافق بین کدگذاران تأیید شد. یافته‌ها نشان داد در هر سه پایه، تأکید غالب بر مفاهیم و قوانین علمی است. اما مؤلفه‌هایی نظیر روش علمی، حل مسئله و تعامل علم با جامعه سهم محدودی دارند. همچنین، افزایش حجم مطالب پایه نهم عمدتاً نظری بوده و با رشد فعالیت‌های عملی تناسب ندارد. در مجموع، در این کتاب‌ها توازن مؤثری میان مباحث نظری و مهارت‌های علمی ایجاد نشده و به مؤلفه علم به منزله پژوهش، توجه کافی به عمل نیامده است. بر این اساس، پیشنهاد می‌شود در بازنگری کتاب‌های علوم تجربی دوره متوسطه اول، از یک‌سو سهم مؤلفه‌هایی مانند روش‌شناسی علم، فرایند پژوهش و ارتباط علم با جامعه و فناوری در متن درس و مثال‌ها افزایش یابد و از سوی دیگر، تعداد و تنوع فعالیت‌های عملی و تجربه‌محور به‌منظور تقویت مهارت‌های علمی و فهم ماهیت علم بیشتر شود.
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عنوان مقاله English

Evaluation of Middle School Science Textbooks Based on the Nature of Science Components

نویسندگان English

Ebrahim Zarei 1
Mostafa Sharbaty 2
Halimeh Mohammadnejad 3
1 Tarbiat-e-Moallem St, Shahid Farahzadi Blv, Qods
2 Bachelor's degree student in Science Education, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
3 Educational Deputy, Shahed,, Elementary School, Sari, Iran.
چکیده English

This study aimed to investigate the extent to which middle school science textbooks address components of the nature of science. This research was conducted using a quantitative content analysis method. The statistical population and sample comprised the three experimental science textbooks for the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades, and all texts, images, and activities within these books were analyzed. The research instrument, based on a standard framework developed by other researchers, possesses appropriate validity. The reliability of the coding was also confirmed through the inter-coder agreement coefficient. The findings reveal that across all three grade levels, there is a predominant emphasis on scientific concepts and laws, whereas components such as scientific methodology, problem-solving, and the science-society-technology interface remain underrepresented. Furthermore, the increased volume of content in the ninth-grade curriculum is primarily theoretical and lacks a commensurate increase in practical, inquiry-based activities. Overall, these textbooks fail to achieve an effective balance between theoretical knowledge and scientific skills, with ‘science as inquiry’ being notably neglected. Consequently, it is recommended that future revisions of middle school science textbooks explicitly incorporate a greater focus on scientific methodology, the research process, and the nexus of science, technology, and society within both textual content and pedagogical examples. Moreover, an expanded range of practical and experiential activities is essential to foster scientific literacy and a deeper understanding of the nature of science.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Nature of Science
Content Analysis
Textbooks
Science
Middle School
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