Mistakes in the high school biology textbooks in Korea , with special emphasis on the plant part

Shin, Hyun Chur; Yu, Seong Cheol; Choi, Hong Keun

doi:1995.25.2.131

Korean J. Pl. Taxon > Volume 25(2); 1995 > Article

Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 1995;25(2): 131-138.
doi: https://doi.org/10.11110/kjpt.1995.25.2.131

고등학교 생물 교과서 내용 중 잘못 기술된 부분에 대하여 - 식물 분야를 중심으로 -

신현철, 유성철, 최홍근

Mistakes in the high school biology textbooks in Korea , with special emphasis on the plant part

Hyun Chur Shin, Seong Cheol Yu, Hong Keun Choi

Abstract

The biology textbooks, including eight for Science I and six for Biology, currently using in Korean high schools were examined for mistakes, especially in the plant part. As a result, four mistakes in the figures and three mistakes in the text were found. The mistakes in the figures include figures of Psilotum nudum (L.) Griseb. and Fragaria chiloensis var. ananassa Bailey, and the stigma morphology of Oryza sativa L. The mistakes in the text were the genetic characters used by Mendel in Science I textbooks, and the explanations of the scientific name and the concepts of seed plants in Biology textbooks.