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Exploring the nature of teachers' experiences of their beliefs, subject content knowledge and professional development and how they shape classroom practicesDhurumraj, Thasmai 11 1900 (has links)
The National Senior Certificate Diagnostic Reports for the 2014 and 2015 National Senior Certificate Examinations for the subject Physical Sciences reported that many candidates lacked understanding of basic concepts in the subject.
Most basic concepts are introduced and taught to learners as early as grade 10. Grade 10 provides learners with the foundation required to build a more intricate, and critical understanding of science. Critically, teachers have to drive this process. The nature of the experiences of the teachers would therefore be of primary influence during classroom practices to assist these learners. Teachers have to provide meaningful learning. Teacher experiences are derived from professional development, beliefs and subject content knowledge.
This was a qualitative study which made use of a case study design. It involved three cases from one of the districts of the Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Education, South Africa. Data was collected using multimethod strategies and analysed using the typology approach.
This study was guided by the following main research questions: What are the nature of the experiences of teachers in implementing the Physical Science curriculum in a grade 10 class? The study sought to answer the following sub-questions, how does teacher knowledge influence classroom practice in the implementation of grade 10 Physical Sciences curriculum? What is the nature of the professional development received by the grade Physical Sciences teacher? and What are the teacher’s beliefs with regard teaching and learning of Physical Sciences in a grade 10 class?
The findings of the study revealed that the status quo of traditional teaching of Physical Sciences still exists in the grade 10 classroom practices of teachers. Teacher generally displayed some good subject matter knowledge. A lack of professional development for grade 10 Physical Sciences teachers’ negatively impacted on classroom practices of the teacher. Teacher beliefs had major influence on classroom practices of the teacher. This study recommends teachers have to undergo meaningful, ongoing professional development to assist them improve their classroom practice skills. A Model of Intensive Professional Development is recommended for teachers in the South African Classroom. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)
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Teachers' perceptions and enactment of inquiry- based teaching to stimulate learner interest in scienceMkandla, Justice 22 February 2021 (has links)
Abstracts in English, Afrikaans and Zulu / This qualitative, single high school case-study conveniently sampled eight natural
sciences teachers and, after conducting lesson observations and document analysis,
interviewed all participants to obtain their perceptions about the effectiveness of inquirybased
teaching in motivating learners to specialise in sciences. The major finding was
that most participants were sceptical about inquiry-based teaching. Participants from a
behaviourist epistemology did not believe that learner motivation resulted from inquirybased
teaching while those from an eclectic epistemology preferred a complementary
use of both approaches. The few participants oriented towards inquiry acknowledged the
link between learner motivation and inquiry-based teaching but faced the challenge of
limited time to prepare all the apparatus and procedures required for inquiry-based
teaching. This researcher recommends employing laboratory assistants to assist
teachers with setting up apparatus for inquiry-based lessons, trimming some content to
reduce overload in the Annual Teaching Plans (ATP), and in-service training on inquirybased
teaching to develop learner interest in sciences. / Hierdie kwalitatiewe gevallestudie het agt natuurwetenskap onderwysers betrek en na
leswaarnemings en dokumentanalise, is onderhoude met die deelnemers gevoer om hul
sienings te bekom oor die bydrae van die ondersoek-gebaseerde konstruktivistiese
benadering as ’n strategie om leerders te motiveer om in wetenskap-verwante vakke te
spesialiseer. Die belangrikste bevindings was dat die deelnemers logiese positivistiese
en eklektiese benaderings verkies; dat hulle skepties is oor ondersoek-gebaseerde
onderrig en dat hulle nie leerder motivering aan onderwysbenaderings koppel nie. Daar
was egter enkele deelnemers wat wel ondersoekend onderrig het en wat leerder
belangstelling in wetenskap aan ondersoek-gebaseerde onderrig gekoppel het. Op
grond van die data wat verkry is, beveel hierdie navorser aan dat laboratoriumassistente
aangestel moet word om onderwysers by te staan met die opstel van apparaat vir
ondersoek-gebaseerde lesse; dat spesifieke modelle van ondersoek in die “CAPS”-
dokument ingesluit word; dat inhoud afgeskaal moet word om oorlading in die jaarlikse onderrigplanne (ATP) te verminder, en dat voor- en indiensopleiding aan onderwysers oor ondersoek-gebaseerde onderrig verskaf word as ‘n manier om die belangstelling van
die leerders in die wetenskappe te prikkel. / Lesisifundo socwaningo esenziwe esikoleni esisodwa samabanga aphakeme lwakhetha
othisha beSayensi Yemvelo (NS) abayisishiyagalombili ukuze kwazakale ukuthi
bayibona kanjani indlela yokufundisa iSayensi ngophenyo (inquiry-based teaching)
ehlose ukukhuphula intshisekelo yabafundi kwiSayensi. Ngemuva kokubona othisha
beSayensi befundisa, lomcwaningi wahlaziya incwadi eziphathelene nokufundiswa
kohlelo lwe CAPS, waphinde wenza izingxoxo nabothisha. Okumqoka okutholakale
kuloluphenyo kube ukuthi iningi lababambe iqhaza, abakhuthalela ukufundisa ngendlela
egxile kuthisha (logical positivism) bangabaza ukuthi abafundi bafunde bephenya njalo
abakubonanga ukuxhumana kwenzindlela zokufundisa nokunyuka kwentshiseko yabafundi ezifundweni ze Sayensi. Ababambiqhaza abahlanganisa indlela yokufundisa
egxile kuthisha ne ndlela yokufundisa ngophenyo (eclectic) bakholelwa ukuthi indlela
yokufundisa egxile kuthisa nendlela yokuthi abafundi bafunde bephenya, kuyomela
zisetshenziswe zombili. Kwatholakala ingcosana yabothisha eyenelisa ukufundisa
isayensi ngendlela yophenyo eyayisezingeni eliphansi njalo yaqinisekisa ukuthi bukhona
ubudlelwano phakathi kwendlela zokufundisa nokunyusa intshiseko yabafundi kwi
Sayensi. Ngokolwazi olutholakele, lolucwaningo luncome ukusebenzisa abasizi
basemagunjini okusebenzela ososayensi ukusiza ukuhlela amalungiselelo okwenza
uphenyo lwezifundo, nokuhlinzekwa kwezindlela eziqondile zokuphenya izincwadi
zikaCAPS, kanye nokunciphisa okunye okuqukethwe, kwehliswe umthwalo kuhlelo
lokufundisa lonyaka (i-ATP), ukuqeqeshwa kothisha kwi ndlela yokufundisa iSayensi ngokuphenya ukuze kuthuthukiswe intshiseko yabafundi. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / M. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)
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