Misconceptions About Immunological Concepts in Current Tunisian Biology Textbooks

Year 2021, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 69 - 80, 30.06.2021

Chaker Bennour

Abstract

Textbook remains a compulsory reference document especially for students and teachers. Although, it may be a source of misconceptions. The goal of this paper is to determine misconceptions about immunological concepts in current tunisian biology textbooks based on Hershey method. Textbooks content is compared to books and papers reference contents. Misconceptions obtained are categorized in five categories : over-generalization, under-generalization, over-simplification, mis-identification and obsolete concepts and terms. Results show that all textbooks analyzed contain mistakes, textbooks that contain the highest number of misconceptions are the 4th SSTLESESS and 1st SSTLES because they are the oldest, wheras the lowest one is the 3ed SSBSSS because its the newest. The highest categories are over-generalization and under-generalization while the lowst one is over-simplification. The highest sub-concept that is mistakenly conceived is pathogens and diseases while the lowest one is immune barriers. Furthermore, same misconceptions are found in different textbooks. Furethemore, their content must be updated according to recent scientific progress.

Keywords

Misconceptions, biology textbooks, immunological concepts

Güncel Tunus Biyoloji Ders Kitaplarında İmmünolojik Kavramlara İlişkin Kavram Yanılgıları

Abstract

Ders kitabı özellikle öğrenciler ve öğretmenler için zorunlu bir başvuru belgesi olmaya devam etmektedir. Bununla birlikte, yanlış anlamaların bir kaynağı olabilir. Bu makalenin amacı, Hershey yöntemine dayalı olarak mevcut Tunus biyoloji ders kitaplarındaki immünolojik kavramlar hakkındaki yanlış anlamaları belirlemektir. Ders kitaplarının içeriği, kitap ve makale referans içerikleriyle karşılaştırılır. Elde edilen kavram yanılgıları, aşırı genelleme, eksik genelleme, aşırı basitleştirme, yanlış tanımlama ve eskimiş kavram ve terimler olmak üzere beş kategoride sınıflandırılmıştır. Sonuçlar, incelenen tüm ders kitaplarının hata içerdiğini, en fazla kavram yanılgısını içeren ders kitaplarının 4. SSTLESESS ve 1. SSTLES olduğunu, en düşük olanın ise en yeni olduğu için 3d SSBSSS olduğunu göstermektedir. En yüksek kategoriler aşırı genelleme ve yetersiz genelleme, en düşük kategori ise aşırı basitleştirmedir. Yanlış düşünülen en büyük alt kavram mikroplar ve hastalıklar iken en alt kavram ise bağışıklık engelleridir. Ayrıca farklı ders kitaplarında da aynı kavram yanılgılarına rastlanmaktadır. Dahası, içerikleri son bilimsel gelişmelere göre güncellenmelidir.

Keywords

Kavram yanılgıları, biyoloji ders kitapları, immünolojik kavramlar

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