Values depicted in selected science textbooks used by grades five and six pupils: An analysis

Date of Publication

1998

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Teaching General Science

Subject Categories

Elementary Education

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Science Education

Thesis Adviser

Maxima J. Acelajado

Defense Panel Chair

Adelaida L. Bago

Defense Panel Member

Bee Ching Ong
Manuel Eugenio

Abstract/Summary

This study is an analysis of values reflected in the Grades V and VI science textbooks and the congruence of these values with the Grades V and VI Science Minimum Learning Competencies (MLC).To attain the above objectives, the descriptive method of research particularly the content analysis as a way of identifying the values reflected in the science textbooks was used.The main sources of the data were the most commonly used textbooks in science for Grades V and VI in the province of Nueva Vizcaya. Eight science textbooks were analyzed: four for Grade V and four for Grade VI.Based on the data gathered, the following were noted:All values found in the DECS Values Education Framework which are designated as core and related values were the specific values reflected in the Grades V and VI science textbooks.The values that were dominantly reflected in the Grades V and VI science textbooks were ranked in the following order: Grade V science textbooks: first, knowledge/truth second, health/harmony with nature third, spirituality fourth, social responsibility fifth, love then closely followed by economic efficiency which is sixth in rank then finally nationalism/global solidarity as the seventh. In Grade VI science textbooks, knowledge/truth outranked the other core values, followed by health/harmony with nature, second love, third very closely followed by economic efficiency, fourth fifth, social responsibility and also very closely followed by spirituality, sixth and seventh is nationalism/global solidarity.

The STAR One-Way Analysis of Variance was used to determine the significant difference of the values reflected in the Grades V and VI science textbooks. Among the seven core values as Health/Harmony with Nature, Knowledge/Truth, Love, Spirituality, Social Responsibility, Economic Efficiency, and Nationalism/Global Solidarity, only one core value, Economic Efficiency, was revealed to be significantly different at .05 level in the values reflected in Grades V and VI science textbooks. In the other six core values, there was no significant difference in the values reflected in Grades V and VI science textbooks.The analyzed Grades V and VI science textbooks are congruent with the Grades V and VI Science Minimum Learning Competencies with respect to the values contained in the general topics.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG03190

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

126 leaves ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Values; Science--Study and teaching--Aids and devices; Textbooks--Elementary schools

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