Trends of Science Education Research in Two Jordanian Educational Journals during the Period of (2005 –2016)

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the trends of science education research in Dirasat, Educational Sciences journal issued by University of Jordan, and Jordan Journal of Educational Sciences issued by Yarmouk University from 2005 to 2016. The sample consisted of (96) researches in science education published in the two journals in this Period. Two Instruments were used: An analysis form of research subject, and an analysis form of research type and its design, in addition to the assessment scale of womens' participation in the research. The results showed that the research in science education focused on the learning environments, the teacher's beliefs, and the concept learning, and it did not focus on the culture, society, gender issues, the informal learning, and the goals, policy and curriculum. It also showed that quantitative research with its various designs was the most used type of research (88.5%), and there is no transition towards qualitative and mixed researches utilization. In addition, women's participation in the science education research effort was (30.4%).