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Asia-Pacific Forum
on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 9, Issue 2, Article 1
(Dec., 2008) |
Ideas about science portrayed in the existing and proposed science curricula of grades IX-X in Bangladesh
Mohammad Nure Alam SIDDIQUE
Faculty of Education, Monash University Clayton, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
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Contact Address: Institute of Education and Research University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000 BANGLADESH
E-mail: NureAlam.Siddique@Education.monash.edu.au
Received 27 Mar., 2008
Revised 21 Dec., 2008
Contents
This paper presents part of the findings from a comparative study on existing and proposed science curricula of grades IX-X in Bangladesh. It aims to explore relevant research to find out what ideas about science are recommended to include in school science curriculum, and then to compare the existing and proposed curricula in terms of ideas about science. This interpretive study analyzed curriculum documents and textbooks qualitatively, and the results reveal that the proposed science curriculum portrays more ideas about science compared to the existing two science curricula. However, some important ideas about science have not been portrayed well in the proposed curriculum, and therefore, there is a broad scope for improvement in communicating ideas about science.
Keywords: science curriculum, nature of scientific knowledge, textbook compare
