This study aimed to explore teaching difficulties of Natural Sciences teachers
when offering lessons in the Planet, Earth and Beyond strand. The aim was to
understand their teacher knowledge, type of instructional strategies, and
classroom discourse and interactions in their Natural Science classroom. The
following question guided the study: What are the teaching difficulties of Planet,
Earth and Beyond strand? A qualitative case study design was used for the study.
The data was collected through semi-structured interviews and observations. The
study revealed that NS educators: carry misconceptions to class; show poor
knowledge of context in specific aims and assessment strategies while also
choosing poor and irrelevant instructional strategies and; still see themselves as
authority in class by applying a one- way approach. It is recommended that:
educators be trained on how to implement active and critical learning, while
empowering them with knowledge on NS specific aims and assessment
strategies; departmental heads, SMTs, and subject advisor should engage in
regular class visits in the NS educators` classes, reviewing lesson plans that
educators prepared; schools should provide educators with CAPS relevant
documents; the DoE should provide more education to educators on the
importance of following the curriculum as prescribed in the CAPS document; the
department should provide educators with relevant teaching aids and practical
apparatus and in the absence advice educators on how to improvise and; the
subject advisors should assist educators in identifying misconceptions. / Science and Technology Education / M. Ed. (Natural Sciences Education)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/26877 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Nkanyani, Tebogo Edwin |
| Contributors | Mudau, Awelani V. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xi, 201 leaves) : color illustrations, color graphs, application/pdf |
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