Developing the Science Curriculum of Basic Education Stage for Achieve the Requirements of the Strategic Plan of Curriculum Quality in the Light of Japanese Experience and Its Effectiveness in the Acquisition of Scientific Concepts and the Knowledge Society Values

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Assistant Researcher Professor, Department of Curriculum Building and Design, Curriculum Development Research Division, National Center for Educational Research and Development, Cairo.

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The current research deals with the problem of poor quality of science curricula in the basic education stage. The aim of the research is to develop a science curriculum at the basic education stage to fulfill the requirements of the strategic plan for the quality of curricula in light of Japanese experience. In addition, the development of basic scientific concepts and values ​​of the knowledge society among students of the basic education stage. The research followed the descriptive approach to develop the science curriculum, and design and apply a unit of study. And follow the semi-experimental approach using the one-group design, to apply the study unit and research tools, on a group of forty-two female students of the second year of middle school in the first semester of the academic year (2016/2017). The results showed the effectiveness of the developed curriculum in developing basic scientific concepts and the values ​​of the knowledge society for second-year middle school students. Moreover, that the proposed curriculum is highly effective. It recommend building science curricula at the basic education stage in light of contemporary Japanese experience. In addition, training science teachers to teach science according to quality requirements. Reconsidering the time plan for teaching science in the basic education stage and increasing the number of hours of science learning using advanced educational methods by increasing the periods of activities, experimentation, field studies and projects.

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