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Direct linkAnastasia Malong Buma; Doras Sibanda; Marissa Rollnick – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
The intervention programmes have a direct influence on teachers' knowledge of teaching different topics. This paper focuses on how Grade 8 natural science teachers' knowledge developed during an intervention programme. Eight schools were selected to participate, and 25 Grade 8 Natural Sciences teachers from Gauteng province participated. Data were…
Descriptors: Natural Sciences, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Teachers, Grade 8
Bhaw, Nishaal; Kriek, Jeanne – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2023
The present study explores the validity of inferences that may be drawn from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) learner achievement data by measuring the South African curriculum-TIMSS alignment for the Grade 8 science assessments from 2007 to 2019. The Singapore curriculum--TIMSS alignment indices are a fair…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
Download full textM. Anwar H. Khan; Timothy G. Harrison; Magdalena Wajrak; Michele Grimshaw; Kathy G. Schofield; Alison J. Trew; Kulvinder Johal; Jeannette Morgan; Karen. L. Shallcross; Joyce D. Sewry; Michael T. Davies-Coleman; Dudley E. Shallcross – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
All learners have a contribution to make to the development of the Chemical Sciences, be that in novel ways to teach, and their perspectives and contexts, but also in research, both in chemical education and the wider Chemical Sciences. Through four case studies, this paper explores interactions with diverse groups and how this has altered…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Science Education, Chemistry, Diversity
Jacqueline Goldin; Carolina Suransky – Perspectives in Education, 2024
Over the past few years, we have worked together in a citizen science project called "Diamonds on the Soles of our Feet" (see also Goldin et al. 2021, Goldin et al., 2023). In this project we engaged with 420 young learners in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. We came to see participating schools as collaborative ecosystems where…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Science Education, Science Projects
Nombuso Mlotshwa; Maria Tsakeni – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2024
This study explored what challenges teachers experienced when integrating indigenous knowledge systems (IKS), which are culture specific, into practical work in natural sciences classrooms with diverse learners. Using an exploratory qualitative case study based on an interpretive paradigm, three natural sciences teachers and two subject advisors…
Descriptors: Barriers, Indigenous Knowledge, Science Education, Natural Sciences
Penn, M.; Ramnarain, U.; Kazeni, M.; Dhurumraj, T.; Mavuru, L.; Ramaila, S. – Education 3-13, 2021
This study investigated grade 4 learners' understandings about the Nature of Scientific Inquiry (NOSI) in primary schools within the South African context. A qualitative methodology was employed using a framework of five knowledge aspects about the NOSI in assessing learners' understandings about the ways scientists investigate the natural world.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Scientific Research
Mafugu, Tafirenyika; Tsakeni, Maria; Jita, Loyiso C. – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2022
The teaching of natural sciences and technology in primary schools presents an opportunity to use innovative approaches to teach STEM-based activities. The subject presents opportunities for learners to experience STEM-based instructional approaches in their early school years; therefore, it is essential that preservice primary school teachers are…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, STEM Education, Natural Sciences, Technology Education
Mnguni, Lindelani – Education Sciences, 2021
School science subjects may be informed by curriculum ideologies such as discipline-centered, service-centered, student-centered, or citizen-centered ideologies. The distinct characteristics of each ideology complicate the extent to which science subjects could integrate different curriculum ideologies. Consequently, the present research explored…
Descriptors: Natural Sciences, Science Curriculum, Ideology, Student Centered Learning
Mhlaba, Rabella Esther; Rankhumise, Mmushetji Petrus – South African Journal of Education, 2022
The study reported on here was undertaken to understand the impact of mentoring novice science teachers. The study was conducted within the Gauteng province, because there have been many debates and concerns on the necessity to devise ways of improving the understanding of science in schools in the province. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teachers, Science Teachers, Program Effectiveness
James, Angela A.; Beni, Saritha; Stears, Michele – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: Foundation phase teachers are not science specialists; however, they are expected to teach science. It is important that research determines where teachers face challenges in teaching science in order to assist them to bridge the gaps and to improve their competence in teaching science. Aim: The aim of this research was to explore…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Curriculum Implementation, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Lederman, Judith; Lederman, Norman; Bartels, Selina; Jimenez, Juan; Akubo, Mark; Aly, Shereen; Bao, Chengcheng; Blanquet, Estelle; Blonder, Ron; Bologna Soares de Andrade, Mariana; Buntting, Catherine; Cakir, Mustafa; EL-Deghaidy, Heba; ElZorkani, Ahmed; Gaigher, Estelle; Guo, Shuchen; Hakanen, Arvi; Hamed Al-Lal, Soraya; Han-Tosunoglu, Cigdem; Hattingh, Annemarie; Hume, Anne; Irez, Serhat; Kay, Gillian; Kivilcan Dogan, Ozgur; Kremer, Kerstin; Kuo, Pi-Chu; Lavonen, Jari; Lin, Shu-Fen; Liu, Cheng; Liu, Enshan; Liu, Shiang-Yao; Lv, Bin; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; McDonald, Christine; Neumann, Irene; Pan, Yaozhen; Picholle, Eric; Rivero García, Ana; Rundgren, Carl-Johan; Santibáñez-Gómez, David; Saunders, Kathy; Schwartz, Renee; Voitle, Frauke; von Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Wei, Fangbing; Wishart, Jocelyn; Wu, Zhifeng; Xiao, Huang; Yalaki, Yalcin; Zhou, Qiaoxue – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Although understandings of scientific inquiry (as opposed to conducting inquiry) are included in science education reform documents around the world, little is known about what students have learned about inquiry during their elementary school years. This is partially due to the lack of any assessment instrument to measure understandings about…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Middle School Students, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Hencke, Juliane; Eck, Matthias; Sass, Justine; Hastedt, Dirk; Mejia-Rodriguez, Ana Maria – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2022
Using IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 data, this brief explores the relationship between students' gender, their confidence and achievement in mathematics and science, and their aspirations to pursue careers in these fields. We find that more boys than girls at grade 8 want to have a mathematics- or…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, High Achievement, Gender Differences
Mashupye, Lilian; Schulze, Salomé – Africa Education Review, 2022
South Africa lags behind in terms of competing globally in science and technology. Thus, the purpose of the study was to investigate teacher factors that influenced learners' motivation to learn science in a secondary school. The study also aimed to determine whether significant differences in motivation regarding teacher influence existed among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Teacher Role, Student Motivation
Aulia Wulandari; Sukarno; Matsuri – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
The selection of a learning model is very crucial before the teacher carries out learning activities. Inquiry is a learning model that has existed for a long time and is recommended for use in learning activities. This study aims to map the results of studies related to inquiry learning in elementary schools. Bibliometrics is used as a method to…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Inquiry, Active Learning, Elementary Education
Charamba, Erasmos – International Review of Education, 2023
The call for improving students' academic achievement in science education has increased in urgency in recent years. It has also increased in complexity in the face of the growing cultural and linguistic diversity of present-day classrooms following inter- and intra-state migration. Although "translanguaging" pedagogy, where languages of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Student Diversity, Language Usage
