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RESEARCH PAPER
Health Education Concepts in School Biology Textbooks in the United States and Singapore
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Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (previously known as the University of Dammam), College of Education, Curriculum & Instruction Department, SAUDI ARABIA
Publication date: 2021-04-27
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2021;17(5):em1961
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
This study investigates the inclusion of health education concepts in biology textbooks in the
United States of America and Singapore. It employs a content analysis methodology to examine
biology textbooks, considering the theme as a unit and dividing health concepts into four main
fields. The findings for both countries indicate that the field of diseases and epidemics occurred
most frequently, followed by disease prevention and treatment, then environment. Finally, food and
nutrition occurred least frequently. The overall scores for the textbooks of these two countries,
with regard to the inclusion of health concepts, reveal a significant difference in favour of the USA.
Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that school textbooks should increase their
coverage of health concepts, especially in the fields of the environment and food and nutrition, in
order to provide students with more accurate, reliable health information and experiences that
are consistent with current needs.
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