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The visual literacy of Grade 10 Life Sciences learners in cytology
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/65471 The visual literacy of Grade 10 Life Sciences learners in cytology De Villiers, J.J.R. (Rian) t.tshego@yahoo.com Graham, Marien Alet Taukobong, Tshegofatso Martha UCTD Cytology Visual literacy skills Life Sciences External representations Education theses SDG-04 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2017. In Life Sciences Education, the use of educational external representations (ERs) such as diagrams, models and animations are increasingly appearing in learning and teaching resources. However, their effectiveness is limited if learners experience learning difficulties due to lack of visual literacy and spatial ability skills to work with ERs. The study explored the level of visual literacy of 225 Grade 10 Life Sciences learners in cytology across six secondary schools in Pretoria, Gauteng. It was theorised that ERs need to be integrated in the Life Sciences curricula to develop learners’ visual literacy and spatial ability skills. With this theory, the study aimed to explore the visual literacy of Grade 10 Life Sciences learners and the influence of gender and school location on the visual literacy and spatial ability skills of the learners. Through a quantitative research method a Life Sciences visual literacy questionnaire and a spatial ability test were used to collect data. Collected data was analysed descriptively and inferentially through Statistical Package Social Sciences Version 23. The results showed that most Grade 10 Life Sciences learners lack average visual literacy skills. Furthermore, the results showed that gender doesn’t play a role on the learners’ performance in visual literacy skills as both genders performed equally in both tests, On the other hand, the results showed that the location of the school (urban, rural or township) has an effect on the learners’ performance in visual literacy skills. Teachers need to incorporate different ERs that would stimulate different senses and which will also enhance learners’ visual literacy and spatial ability skills in their lessons. A conclusion and some recommendations for future research are given. bs2026 Science, Mathematics and Technology Education MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education 2018-07-13T06:44:33Z 2018-07-13T06:44:33Z 2018/04/25 2017 Dissertation Taukobong, TM 2017, The visual literacy of Grade 10 Life Sciences learners in cytology, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65471> A2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65471 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 Cytology Visual literacy skills Life Sciences External representations Education theses SDG-04 The visual literacy of Grade 10 Life Sciences learners in cytology |
| title | The visual literacy of Grade 10 Life Sciences learners in cytology |
| title_full | The visual literacy of Grade 10 Life Sciences learners in cytology |
| title_fullStr | The visual literacy of Grade 10 Life Sciences learners in cytology |
| title_full_unstemmed | The visual literacy of Grade 10 Life Sciences learners in cytology |
| title_short | The visual literacy of Grade 10 Life Sciences learners in cytology |
| title_sort | visual literacy of grade 10 life sciences learners in cytology |
| topic | UCTD Cytology Visual literacy skills Life Sciences External representations Education theses SDG-04 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65471 |