Hvordan introduseres og videreutvikles kunnskap om vannets kretsløp i norske lærebøker for grunnskolen? "How is the water cycle presented in Norwegian textbooks for compulsory education?"

The water cycle is introduced at grade 3 in science textbooks. The topic is continued at grades 6/7, and further developed at grades 8/9 both in science and geography textbooks. The water cycle is one of the “big ideas in science”. This investigation is about how the water cycle is presented in text...

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Main Author: Pål Kirkeby Hansen
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: University of Oslo 2012-09-01
Series:Nordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education
Online Access:https://journals.uio.no/nordina/article/view/522
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description The water cycle is introduced at grade 3 in science textbooks. The topic is continued at grades 6/7, and further developed at grades 8/9 both in science and geography textbooks. The water cycle is one of the “big ideas in science”. This investigation is about how the water cycle is presented in textbooks, if the texts and illustrations are adapted to the pupils’ age level, and how the textbooks simplify this rather complex topic. Could the simplifications foster misconceptions? The investigation shows some progression from the introduction at grade 3 via grades 6/7 to grades 8/9. However, the texts and illustrations might give the pupils a representation of the water cycle as to be local, one dimensional, limited to the atmosphere, oceans, rivers and lakes; and to take only a few hours or days pr. cycle. If not the textbooks are supplied by teaching, the pupils might leave compulsory education with a naive understanding of the water cycle.
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spelling doaj.art-87103225074541f8a7b4174114cd0d922022-12-21T19:13:49ZdanUniversity of OsloNordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education1504-45561894-12572012-09-018210.5617/nordina.522Hvordan introduseres og videreutvikles kunnskap om vannets kretsløp i norske lærebøker for grunnskolen? "How is the water cycle presented in Norwegian textbooks for compulsory education?"Pål Kirkeby Hansen0Høgskolen i Oslo og AkershusThe water cycle is introduced at grade 3 in science textbooks. The topic is continued at grades 6/7, and further developed at grades 8/9 both in science and geography textbooks. The water cycle is one of the “big ideas in science”. This investigation is about how the water cycle is presented in textbooks, if the texts and illustrations are adapted to the pupils’ age level, and how the textbooks simplify this rather complex topic. Could the simplifications foster misconceptions? The investigation shows some progression from the introduction at grade 3 via grades 6/7 to grades 8/9. However, the texts and illustrations might give the pupils a representation of the water cycle as to be local, one dimensional, limited to the atmosphere, oceans, rivers and lakes; and to take only a few hours or days pr. cycle. If not the textbooks are supplied by teaching, the pupils might leave compulsory education with a naive understanding of the water cycle.https://journals.uio.no/nordina/article/view/522
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Hvordan introduseres og videreutvikles kunnskap om vannets kretsløp i norske lærebøker for grunnskolen? "How is the water cycle presented in Norwegian textbooks for compulsory education?"
Nordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education
title Hvordan introduseres og videreutvikles kunnskap om vannets kretsløp i norske lærebøker for grunnskolen? "How is the water cycle presented in Norwegian textbooks for compulsory education?"
title_full Hvordan introduseres og videreutvikles kunnskap om vannets kretsløp i norske lærebøker for grunnskolen? "How is the water cycle presented in Norwegian textbooks for compulsory education?"
title_fullStr Hvordan introduseres og videreutvikles kunnskap om vannets kretsløp i norske lærebøker for grunnskolen? "How is the water cycle presented in Norwegian textbooks for compulsory education?"
title_full_unstemmed Hvordan introduseres og videreutvikles kunnskap om vannets kretsløp i norske lærebøker for grunnskolen? "How is the water cycle presented in Norwegian textbooks for compulsory education?"
title_short Hvordan introduseres og videreutvikles kunnskap om vannets kretsløp i norske lærebøker for grunnskolen? "How is the water cycle presented in Norwegian textbooks for compulsory education?"
title_sort hvordan introduseres og videreutvikles kunnskap om vannets kretslop i norske laereboker for grunnskolen how is the water cycle presented in norwegian textbooks for compulsory education
url https://journals.uio.no/nordina/article/view/522
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