The exploratory study investigated school related factors responsible for high matriculaion failure rates in physical science in public high schools of
Alexandra Township in South Africa. The target population included all Further Education and Training (FET) science educators and learners in Alexandra
Township. An extreme-case sampling method was used to select a sample of two schools. Data was collected through two different closed questionnaires, one for educators (n=10) and the other for learners (n=250). The results were analyzed using mainly descriptive tatistics.
The results, according to the views and opinions of educators and learners showed that the main causes of high failure rates are poor educator qualifications, outdated teaching methods, massive workloads, high levels of
absenteeism and acute deficiencies in aspects related to: resources, subject content, classroom management skills, proficiency in language of instruction and assessment, motivation and perseverance.
Recommendations for practice and policy are suggested. / Further Teacher Education / M. Ed. (Natural Science Education)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/5299 |
| Date | 21 November 2011 |
| Creators | Muzah, Patson |
| Contributors | Nkopodi, N. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xvii, 222, [21] leaves) |
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