scholarly journals Analysis of the Level of the Teacher Efficacy of Beginning Agriculture Teachers in Eswatini

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. p21
Author(s):  
Mpendulo Mathenjwa ◽  
Marietta. P. Dlamini
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Agriculture Teachers ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Subject Specialization ◽  
Senior Secondary

Over the past decade, researchers continually emphasized the role of teacher efficacy in teaching effectiveness. A descriptive survey was used to investigate the level of teacher efficacy of beginning agriculture teachers in Eswatini. The population of the study were senior secondary school beginning agriculture teachers in Eswatini. The study is a census, involving all senior secondary school agriculture teachers who had up to five years of agriculture teaching experience. 161 agriculture teachers participated in the study. Data were collected using a self-administered modified Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) with a .92 reliability coefficient. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Beginning agriculture teachers were moderately efficacious in classroom management, instructional strategies and student engagement. Gender, subject specialization and affiliation to professional development bodies accounted for significant differences in teacher efficacy on selected agriculture teaching tasks. Beginning agriculture teachers are capable of getting the desired learning outcomes from senior secondary school agriculture students as indicated by the moderate level of teacher efficacy. Pre-service teacher training programmes should strengthen curriculum content on ways of engaging students.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of an Agriculture Teacher Efficacy Scale for Senior Secondary Schools in Eswatini

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 24-33
Author(s):  
Mpendulo Mathenjwa ◽  
Marietta P. Dlamini
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Agriculture Teachers ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Agriculture Teacher ◽  
Senior Secondary

Teacher efficacy is an important motivational attribute influencing teacher performance and student learning outcomes. Teacher efficacy is multidimensional yet inconsistencies exist on the nature of construct that best measure teacher efficacy across different subjects and contexts. The purpose of the study was to explore the psychometric properties of the agriculture teacher efficacy scale adapted from the Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) of Tschannen-Moran and Hoy (2001). Data were collected from 161 beginning agriculture teachers at senior secondary schools in Eswatini. Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) using principal component and verimax rotation were used to analyse the data. The findings indicate that the agriculture teacher efficacy scale was reliable (.92) with inter-item correlation value of .41 to .67 and items discrimination index of ≥ .40). EFA revealed that the agriculture teacher efficacy scale had four factors explaining 47.7% of variance among the items which were instructional strategies, student engagement, classroom management, and practical work management. Conclusion was, the scale is valid to assess agriculture teacher efficacy. Recommendation was, further testing the agriculture teacher efficacy scale across school levels in teaching agriculture.

scholarly journals Relationship between consciousness about environmental education concepts in secondary school chemistry curriculum and attitude of students towards environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-84
Author(s):  
Olabode Osunji ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
School Science ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Chemistry Curriculum ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Senior Secondary

The study aim to investigate the relationship between consciousness about environmental education concepts in senior secondary school chemistry curriculum and attitude of chemistry students towards the environment in Kwara state. The study deploys descriptive survey design. Using Simple random sampling and Stratified proportionate sampling techniques. A sample of four hundred (400) senior secondary school science students and 16 senior secondary schools was used for the study. Two structured Questionnaires with titles” Students Attitude to Environment Questionnaire (SAEQ) and Students Consciousness towards Environment Questionnaire (SCEQ)” were developed by the researcher. The validity coefficient of SAEQ and SCEQ was 0.801 and 0.765. These were obtained using Cronbach-alpha method. Four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. Data collected were analysis using mean standard deviation, one way ANOVA and Pearson Product moment correlation (PPMC). The findings from the study revealed that the student environmental consciousness influenced their attitude towards the environment and, that student’s continuous exhibition of attitude towards the environment is rooted on their inadequate consciousness or knowledge of the causes and effects of environmental problems, it was recommended that Ministry of Education updates the curriculum of Senior Secondary School managing Environmental Education (EE) content.

scholarly journals Applying Coping Strategies in Classroom Management to Handle Students' Misbehaviour

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Sheila Manora Raslinda
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Made In

The objective of the study is to discuss the coping strategies to handle students' misbehaviour at a state senior secondary school in South Sumatera. In this study, the researcher investigated how an EFL teacher applied coping strategies in classroom management to handle students' misbehaviour. One teacher was recruited for this study, and semi-structured interview and observational were used in data collection. The study found there are several types of student’s misbehavior that often occured, such as cheating, talkativeness, obtuseness, and inattentiveness. The classification of students’ misbehavior was made in accordance with the research paper of Debreli and Ishanova (2019). However, there are categories not found such as moving around the room, annoying others, and stealing. Coping strategies that are considered most effective to handle students’ misbehavior are talking with students after class, calling the names, and giving praise.

A Study of Study Habits and Academic Achievement among Secondary and Senior Secondary School Students of Mysore City

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roya Sherafat ◽  
C. G. Venkatesha Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Study Habits ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Senior Secondary

The authors of this study have attempted to understand whether study habits affect academic achievement among secondary and senior secondary school students of Mysore. It is also attempted to know whether students at secondary level differ from senior secondary level on their study habits. The study was conducted on the sample of 625 students of Mysore City in India using stratified random sampling technique. Results indicated that the study habits facilitate higher academic achievement. Further, it was also found that secondary school students are significantly better than senior secondary students on study habits. The findings are analyzed and explained. Thus, study habit is found to be an important correlate of academic achievement.

Working on Grammatical Errors in Russian Senior School Lessons

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
E. S. Bogdanova
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Grammatical Structure ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
The Russian Language

The article establishes the need for special work to improve the grammatical structure of the speech of senior schoolchildren and the correction of grammatical errors in their assignments. Based on the analysis of the results of the State Final Exam of graduates, the errors identified in their essays and the works of leading methodologists, the author develops approaches to working on morphological and syntactic norms in the Russian language lessons in senior secondary school.

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