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NATURE OF SCIENCE IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOK...

Research in science education has recognized the importance of history and philosophy of
science (HPS). Nature of science (NOS) is considered to be an essential part of HPS with
important implications for teaching science. The role played by textbooks in developing
students' informed conceptions of NOS has been a source of considerable interest for science
educators. In some parts of the world  textbooks become the curriculum and determine to a great
extent what is taught and learned in the classroom. Given this background and interest  this
monograph has evaluated NOS in university level general chemistry textbooks published in U.S.A.
Most textbooks in this study provided little insight with respect to the nine criteria used for
evaluating NOS. Some of the textbooks  however  inevitably refer to HPS and thus provide
guidelines for future textbooks. A few of the textbooks go into considerable detail to present
the atomic models of Dalton  Thomson  Rutherford  Bohr and wave mechanical to illustrate the
tentative nature of scientific theories --- an important NOS aspect. These results lead to the
question: Are we teaching science as practiced by scientists? An answer to this question can
help us to understand the importance of NOS  by providing students an HPS-based environment  so
that they too (just like the scientists) feel the thrill and excitement of discovering new
things. This monograph provides students and teachers guidelines for introducing various
aspects of NOS  based on historical episodes.

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