An Investigation into Physics Teaching in Senior High Schools

Autor/inn/en	Buabeng, Isaac; Ossei-Anto, Theophilus Aquinas; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey
Titel	An Investigation into Physics Teaching in Senior High Schools
Quelle	In: World Journal of Education, 4 (2014) 5, S.40-50 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1925-0746
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Science Instruction; Secondary School Science; High Schools; Physics; Surveys; Teacher Surveys; Student Surveys; Questionnaires; Inquiry; Teaching Methods; Interaction; Science Curriculum; Course Descriptions; Teacher Qualifications; Teaching Experience; Student Centered Learning; Statistical Analysis; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; High school; Oberschule; Physik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Schülerbefragung; Fragebogen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interaktion; Kursstrukturplan; Lehrqualifikation; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This study sought to examine the activities that go on in physics classrooms in Senior High Schools in Ghana. Specifically, the study sought to investigate the pattern of interaction and instructional methods used for teaching physics and level of coverage of physics syllabus. The survey design was employed for the study in which questionnaire was used for data collection. Participants for the study were physics teachers and final year physics students. Findings from the study suggest that classroom interaction seemed to be mostly teacher-centered and tended not to support inquiry-based teaching and learning which is noted for promoting conceptual change and enhance performance. It is recommended among other things that physics teachers should be exposed to efficient pedagogies of teaching and presenting information to learners. The traditional way of teaching where teacher decides on what goes on in the classroom has a limited space in the 21st century science classrooms, particularly physics. (As Provided).
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Update	2018/2/04