The Junior High School Integrated Science: The Actual Teaching Process in the Perspective of an Ethnographer

Autor/inn/en	Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey
Titel	The Junior High School Integrated Science: The Actual Teaching Process in the Perspective of an Ethnographer
Quelle	In: European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 4 (2016) 2, S.268-282 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2301-251X
Schlagwörter	Ethnography; Junior High Schools; Integrated Curriculum; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Secondary School Science; Educational Practices; Teaching Methods; Classroom Techniques; Interaction Process Analysis; Educational Policy; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; Observation; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Sekundarstufe I; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Bildungspraxis; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Klassenführung; Prozessanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Beobachtung
Abstract	Science education at the Basic School (Primary and Junior High School) serves as the foundation upon which higher levels of science education are pivoted. This ethnographic study sought to investigate the teaching of Integrated Science at the Junior High School (JHS) level in the classrooms of two science teachers in two schools of differing characteristics. The two teachers were selected purposively for the study. Observations of classroom teaching and casual conversations with the science teachers for an 11 week academic term period were the main source of data for the study. The focus of the observations was on the four stages of an Integrated Science lessons of which the application stage was found to be absent in the science teachers lessons. It was further revealed among other things that the instructional hours for the teaching of Integrated Science are not the same for all schools. Hence, curriculum developers are encouraged to factor the school culture of various schools throughout the country into planning national school curriculum. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. Eastern Mediterranean University, Farnagusta, TRNC, Mersin 10, Turkey. e-mail: editor@scimath.net; Web site: http://www.scimath.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01