Analysis of the learning activities included in natural sciences textbooks for primary education in Mexico

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the learning activities included in two textbooks for primary sciences, distributed in Mexico by the Ministry of Education A qualitative and quantitative evaluation was made of the objectives of learning, procedural contents, and potential for promoting learning. The results indicated that the objectives of obtaining knowledge and applying theory prevail in both books, in terms of the procedural content; the tendency was to promote observation, search of information and communication mainly. Regarding the learning promotion potential, only one-half of the activities had an acceptable level, according to the logic of our analysis.