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The development of the integrated science course follows the history track of international science curriculum development. Although the integrated (comprehensive) science course is regarded as an undisputable fact in all countries, it presents different characteristics and implementation degree in courses because each country pays differing attention to integrated science curriculum owing to different teaching resources, instruction content, and teaching methods, among others.
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Xiao, H., Changyun, M. (2013). The Integrated Science Curriculum in Mainland China. In: Law, E.HF., Li, C. (eds) Curriculum Innovations in Changing Societies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-359-1_10
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