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The effect of holistic artistic devices on learner interest in Grade 9 Chemistry
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/65445 The effect of holistic artistic devices on learner interest in Grade 9 Chemistry Evans, Rinelle philipmirkin@yahoo.com Mirkin, Philip Joshua UCTD Holistic education Holism Science education Poetry Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-09 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-17 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017. The practice of science requires careful observation, experimentation and rational thinking accompanied by imaginative and intuitive insights to thrive in a mood of cutting edge exploration. South African Grade 9 Chemistry deals with established facts, usually devoid of artistic stimuli for capturing the imagination or awakening the intuitions of most learners. Many previous attempts to use the arts in the teaching of Chemistry are limited to the use of pictures, and less often, music and drama which are often superficial or even distracting from the real content. Most research into Science education has its focus on improving academic results with almost no research being conducted in the use of holistic, artistic devices to improve learner interest. Child-centred, holistic education indicates that the integration of rational logic with personal, intuitive knowing through story and the arts is a seed to sustained learner interest. This study used video-recorded experiments and a poem with holistic use of story, metaphor, rhythm and rhyme to characterise the behaviour of acids, bases and salts, to awaken greater learner interest. Class discussion centred on inquiry-based learning which challenged the validity of the characterisations used in the poem, completed the holistically integrated intervention. Changes in learner interest levels were determined by matched pairs in the pre-test and post-test. The research was undertaken with 222 learners from four schools in the greater Tshwane region. The results show that such holistically integrated devices, or stimuli, significantly increased learner interest through good engagement in the lesson as well as an improved perception of their grasp of the content, feelings towards Chemistry and relevance of Chemistry for their lives. As a first-of-its-kind research, further research in the use of appropriate holistic, artistic devices in Science education is recommended. Research into the longer-term use of such devices as well as the effects on learner academic results should be tested. This research indicates that teachers should consider providing a greater context and characterisation, with a broader range of stimuli, when presenting Chemistry to Grade 9 learners to allow them to relate to the experimental and academic content in a more imaginative, intuitive and personally meaningful way. The presentation of this dissertation will follow the courses of a dinner feast in the hope that the reader will be nourished holistically on multiple levels. mi2026 Humanities Education MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2018-07-13T06:44:29Z 2018-07-13T06:44:29Z 2018/05/03 2017 Dissertation Mirkin, PJ 2017, The effect of holistic artistic devices on learner interest in Grade 9 Chemistry, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65445> A2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65445 en � 2018 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 Holistic education Holism Science education Poetry Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-09 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-17 The effect of holistic artistic devices on learner interest in Grade 9 Chemistry |
| title | The effect of holistic artistic devices on learner interest in Grade 9 Chemistry |
| title_full | The effect of holistic artistic devices on learner interest in Grade 9 Chemistry |
| title_fullStr | The effect of holistic artistic devices on learner interest in Grade 9 Chemistry |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of holistic artistic devices on learner interest in Grade 9 Chemistry |
| title_short | The effect of holistic artistic devices on learner interest in Grade 9 Chemistry |
| title_sort | effect of holistic artistic devices on learner interest in grade 9 chemistry |
| topic | UCTD Holistic education Holism Science education Poetry Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-09 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-17 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65445 |