Description
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted to find out the problems associated with teaching and learning of Integrated Science in senior high schools in the Asante Mampong Municipality. The objectives of the study were to find out how instruction is being delivered in the teaching and learning of integrated science with respect to the team teaching and learning of integrated science and also the solitary teaching and learning of integrated science. The type and level of teachers teaching the discipline, the use of relevant teaching-learning materials, students’ involvement in practical work and students’ opinions and views about the teaching and learning of integrated science were also considered. Questionnaires and interviews were used to obtain data from teachers and
students respectively and was analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative means. The results indicate that majority of teachers prefer the team teaching approach to the solitary teaching approach, high percentage of science teachers do not attend science workshops/in-service trainings and a high percentage of teachers have difficulty in teaching the Physics and Chemistry aspects of integrated science. The results again proved that students were found to prefer the team teaching approach to the solitary teaching approach. The researchers recommended that the team teaching approach to teaching integrated Science should be the accepted approach to teaching integrated science in senior high schools, the Ghana Education Service (GES) should post graduates especially those from Universities those who offered Integrated Science education at the university to senior high schools to teach Integrated Science and lastly, in the absence of teachers who have specialized in integrated science, teachers who have specialized in the individual branches of science can be employed to take specified areas of study so as to improve teaching and learning of integrated science.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
DEDICATION
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of study
1.2 Problem statement
1.3 Objectives of the study
1.4 Significance of the study
1.5 Limitations of the study
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Meaning of integration
2.3 Definition of science
2.4 Integrated Science
2.5 Importance of integrated science to students
2.6 Teaching of integrated science
2.7 Learning of Integrated Science
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Area of study
3.2 The population and sample size
3.3 Research instruments
3.4 Administrative procedure
3.5 Data Analysis
3.6 Validity and Reliability
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Background of teachers
4.2 Curriculum for integrated science
4.3 Teaching methods and in-service training
4.4 Approaches in teaching integrated science and students’ performance
4.5 Interview between researchers and students
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION
5.1 Summary of the main findings
5.2 Conclusions
5.3 Recommendations
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