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Shani Naudé; Jannie Pretorius – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2024
Biology teachers' attitudes play a vital role in successful scientific investigations. Some biology teachers situated in the central part of South Africa experience challenges that include a lack of the necessary scientific knowledge and skills, which hinders the presentation of scientific investigations. These challenges adversely influence these…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
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Chikamori, Kensuke; Ono, Yumiko; Rogan, John – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2013
Lesson Study is a collaborative, cyclical and continuing professional development process, aiming at improving a lesson through critical reflection. This research is based on three cycles of Lesson Study conducted during a four-week workshop in Japan for 10 South African mathematics and science educators. A sub-group developed and refined a high…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biology, Communities of Practice, Workshops
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Mnguni, Lindelani; Abrie, Mia – Journal of Biological Education, 2012
HIV/AIDS education should empower students to create knowledge using everyday life experiences. Such knowledge should then be used to construe experience and resolve social problems such as risk behaviour that leads to infection. In South Africa, attempts to reduce the spread of HIV include incorporating HIV/AIDS education in the biology…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teaching Methods, Biology