The scientist’s ways in national science curricula: A comparative study between Taiwan and Vietnam
Viet-Hai Nguyen 1 , Ping-Han Cheng 2 , Yu-Hsuan Chien 3 , Chun-Yen Chang 3 4 5 *
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1 Program of Liberal Arts Education, Ho Chi Minh City University of Management and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM2 Department of Science Education, National Taipei University of Education, Taipei City, TAIWAN3 Science Education Center, Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, TAIWAN4 Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, TAIWAN5 Department of Biology, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, INDONESIA* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Recent science education reforms center at having students learn the practices of scientists. In this study, we aim at exploring how science curricular documents reflect the latest updates from the “practice turn” reform. To do that, we utilize the notion of the scientist’s ways of doing science as a perspective to observe the distribution of components constituting scientific practices in national science curricula. Current literature provides several curriculum analysis frameworks based on taxonomies of cognitive demands or international tests. Still, those frameworks are either not intended for science curricula or limited in indicators and hence failed to capture an updating picture of science curricula that reflect the recent practice turn. We employ multiple case study research design and qualitative content analysis approach to compare learning outcomes in Taiwan and Vietnam’s two national science curricula. Results from this study offer maps of scientific practices across curricular documents and relevant suggestions for stakeholders to improve science curricula. The study opens a new direction on researching science curricula to make science learning approaching the scientist’s ways in reality.

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Article Type: Research Article

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2023, Volume 19, Issue 11, Article No: em2355

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13753

Publication date: 01 Nov 2023

Online publication date: 02 Oct 2023

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