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Exploring inquiry based science education at secondary school level
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/50913 Exploring inquiry based science education at secondary school level Gaigher, Estelle ramarahel@gmail.com Habteselassie, Teklit Amare UCTD Scientific inquiry Science teaching Inquiry based science education Practical investigations Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-09 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2015. This study investigated the nature and extent of inquiry practices in high school science classrooms in a South African city. The study comprised of two phases, namely a small survey followed by a multi-case study. Data were collected using a questionnaire during the survey followed by interviews and classroom lesson observations during the multi-case study. The respondents were Grade 10 science teachers in well performing city schools. During the survey, I distributed a questionnaire to thirty schools in the city. Only ten teachers returned completed questionnaires. Four of these teachers agreed to participate in the multi-case study. Although the survey indicated that most of the teachers have a good understanding of the meaning of inquiry, and that they believe that inquiry is an effective teaching strategy, the actual practicing of inquiry based teaching was confirmed in only two classrooms during the study. In both cases, guided inquiry laboratory activities were observed. It was also found that some respondents misunderstood the meaning of inquiry teaching, regarding it as simply asking questions. The findings from this study cannot be generalised to a larger population, however, they give a deeper insight into the situation in well performing city schools in the country. tm2015 bs2026 Science, Mathematics and Technology Education MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 2015-11-25T09:54:20Z 2015-11-25T09:54:20Z 2015/09/01 2015 Dissertation Habteselassie, TA 2015, Exploring inquiry based science education at secondary school level, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50913> S2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50913 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Scientific inquiry Science teaching Inquiry based science education Practical investigations Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-09 Exploring inquiry based science education at secondary school level |
| title | Exploring inquiry based science education at secondary school level |
| title_full | Exploring inquiry based science education at secondary school level |
| title_fullStr | Exploring inquiry based science education at secondary school level |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring inquiry based science education at secondary school level |
| title_short | Exploring inquiry based science education at secondary school level |
| title_sort | exploring inquiry based science education at secondary school level |
| topic | UCTD Scientific inquiry Science teaching Inquiry based science education Practical investigations Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-09 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50913 |