scholarly journals The Challenges of Science Education in Secondary School Level: A Case Study from Chakaria Upazila of Cox‟s Bazar District

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roksana Tarannum
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
School Level ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Mathematics

In the present context of the fourth Industrial Revolution, science education is considered as theappropriate tool for the development of a nation. Accordingly, the government of Bangladesh has laidsignificant emphasis on science and technology education as a gateway to development with anaspiration to build a „Digital Bangladesh‟ and to attain the status of a middle-income country by2021. However, contrasting to a large number of government initiatives, a declining scenario ofenrollment in science groups at the secondary level has been reported for nearly a decade. Thissituation is likely to be worse in rural areas as it was evident from a visit to Chakaria Upazila ofCox‟s Bazar. Drawing attention to the underlying problems of science education, this study attemptsto provide an account of the present scenario of science enrollment at secondary school level in therural Bangladesh, and identifies the factors responsible for the enrollment pattern. The ten years‟trend analysis on science group enrollment provided a clear picture of declining scenario since 2010.Compared to the other two groups of Business and Humanities, preferences to be enrolled in theScience group at secondary level steadily showed a marked decrease from 2009 to 2018. Complexityand volume of the science syllabus creating “Science Fear”, weak teaching capacity, shortage ofscience and mathematics teachers, scarcity of teaching materials and paucity of laboratory equipmentwere found to be the key factors responsible for declining science enrollments in the secondary levelof rural Bangladesh.

scholarly journals Impact of Multimedia on the Academic Performance of the Students at Secondary School Level

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 249-259
Author(s):  
Anila Fatima Shakil ◽  
Waqar Un Nisa Faizi ◽  
Muhammad Nisar Ul Haq
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Level Ii ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Multimedia equipment is part of ICT facilities. The study aims to find out the impact of multimedia on the academic performance of the students at secondary level of Peshawar District. The main objectives of the study were (i) to find out Impact of multimedia on the academic performance of the students at secondary level. (ii) to assess the application of multimedia during the class and their impact on the student academic performance. The research was descriptive in nature. All the Secondary School of Peshawar district were population. The research sample included 20 public schools from the Peshawar District, 20 heads, 40 teachers and 40 secondary school students in the Peshawar District. The questionnaire was used as a research instrument. It was concluded that, given the lack of multimedia at school, it is recommended that the government provide multimedia services to the school.

scholarly journals Teacher Effectiveness of Some Selected Secondary Schools’ Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics Subjects: Implication for Sustainable Development Using Science Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
Adewale Owodunni Saka ◽  
Peter Aboyami Onanuga
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Teacher Effectiveness ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
School Level ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
And Mathematics

This study examined the teacher effectiveness of the selected STEM subjects’ teachers of physics, chemistry and biology at thesenior secondary school level in Ijebu North local area of Ogun state, Nigeria. All the fifty teachers delivering the selected STEMsubjects were observed using and adapted Teachers’ Effectiveness Observation Guide (r=0.7). The data collected were analysedusing descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that teacher effectiveness of the selected STEM subjects’ teacherswas relevant. The results also indicated that teacher effectiveness of chemistry teachers was the best among the three categoriesof teachers. Furthermore, the findings revealed no significant gender difference in teacher effectiveness of the selected STEMsubjects’ teachers. The study discussed the implications of the findings for sustainable development using science education. Itrecommended among other things that periodic training should be organized for teachers in all areas of teaching dimensions,particularly in the use of activity-based instructional materials for science teaching.

scholarly journals E-Planner for Physical Education on the Secondary School Level in Latvia

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Arturs Pilkevics ◽  
Rasma Jansone ◽  
Inese Bautre
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Curriculum Planning ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
School Level ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
The Subject

Abstract An innovative planning and assessment tool for the subject of Physical Education (PE) on the secondary school level has been created in the course of this research project. Evaluation of the research on the Latvian assessment system in PE has shown the current need for an online based curriculum planning tool (e-planner) which would help teachers to effectively and qualitatively determine the levels of knowledge, skills, personal trait attributes and development dynamics in PE. This finding has served as basis for the hypothesis of the work: creating an e-planner will have a positive influence on the planning and evaluation processes in the subject of Physical Education on secondary level. The author set put to determine the theoretical foundation and the desired content of the E-planner according to the curriculum standard of PE on the secondary level in Latvia and create the planner based on the free Google Forms online platform. Study included the evaluation of teachers’ opinion about using the E-planner for planning and evaluation purposes. The result of this project is the first on-line curriculum planning tool in the Latvian language which is based on the modern theoretical understanding of student-centered planning and the assessment approach in education. Implementing such a tool on a state level across the disciplines would improve the quality of planning and instruction in schools.

scholarly journals The Effect of Photovoice on Speaking Skills at the Secondary School Level

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Rifqi Aziz Hidayat ◽  
Rofiudin Rofiudin ◽  
Endang Sulistianingsih
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Suitable Method ◽  
School Level ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Speak Up ◽  
Speaking Skills

<p>The students need to be fluent in speaking to express their ideas and what they think in their minds also to communicate with others. As a matter of fact, speaking using Bahasa is not a big deal for students since it is their mother tongue, but as they have to speak in English, it becomes a big problem.  They can’t imagine what they want to speak, they are afraid and unconfident if they try to speak English. Therefore the teacher should provide the students' motivation to speak up and use the appropriate method in teaching speaking. Photovoice is a suitable method using a camera for supporting the process of teaching-learning. The purpose of the study is to identify the effect of using Photovoice on speaking skills at the secondary school level. We used a speaking test to complete and process the data. The participants of the study were the students at the secondary level. The outcome of the study revealed that the students who taught using Photovoice had better skills in speaking English than the students who were not taught using Photovoice. Through this method, the students become interested and active during the study. They seemed to enjoy and excited about an exhibition or presentation.</p>

scholarly journals The Gender Based Effect of Cyber Bullying on Academic Achievement and Behavior of Students at Higher Secondary Level

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 164-171
Author(s):  
Jamila Begum ◽  
Namra Munir ◽  
Iftikhar Ahmad Baig
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Cyber Bullying ◽  
School Level ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Behavior

The purpose of this research is to discover the effect of cyber bullying on students academic achievement and their behavior. The objective of the research was to find out the academic achievement affected by cyberbullying and behavior of students on gender basis at higher secondary school level. Through random sampling technique, 2160 students and 48 teachers from 6 districts were selected. Questionnaires and interviews were used for data analysis using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The results showed that cyber bullying significantly affects students academic achievement than their behavior. No significant effect of cyber bullying was found on students academic achievement and their behavior with respect to their gender. The qualitative data obtained from interviews teachers concludes that students are well aware of cyber bullying and cyber bullying equally affects boys and girls of public sector higher secondary schools.

scholarly journals TIMSS Advanced 2008: Fall i fysikk-kompetanse i Norge og Sverige

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Angell ◽  
Svein Lie ◽  
Anubha Rohatgi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Level ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
And Algebra ◽  
Timss Advanced ◽  
Mathematics And Science

TIMSS Advanced 2008 is an international comparative study, and deals with examining student achievement in mathematics and physics in the final year at upper secondary school. The theme of this article is to look at how Norwegian and Swedish students performed in physics in 2008 compared to the study conducted in 1995. The results from the TIMSS Advanced study provide an unambiguous picture. There is a significant decline in the performance in physics since the previous study in 1995 for both Norwegian and Swedish students. One important reason is related to the generally low level of results in science and mathematics at all levels in schools as shown by the downward trend for students in lower grades. The decline in physics performance can thus be explained by the fact that students with significantly weaker skills than before in mathematics and science come into upper secondary school. Lack of knowledge of basic arithmetic and algebra seems to be a contributing factor for this downwards trend in physics at upper secondary school level.

Trends in Performance of WASSCE Candidates in the Science and Mathematics in Ghana: Perceived Contributing Factors and the Way Forward

2018 ◽  
Vol 198 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Might Kojo Abreh ◽  
Kofi Acheaw Owusu ◽  
Francis Kodzo Amedahe
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
West African ◽  
School Level ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Qualified Teachers ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Insufficient Time ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Poor Teaching

The trends in students’ performance in science and mathematics at secondary school level were examined within a decade-long interval in Ghana. Using West African Examinations Council (WAEC) data from approximately 20% of schools countrywide, it was observed that the results did not provide a definitive pattern. Factors such as teachers’ inability to complete between 50% and 75% of the curricula, insufficient-time to enact and complete the curriculum, lack of enough qualified teachers, and use of poor teaching approaches accounted for the trends. This study in Ghana has implications in teacher recruitment deployment in general as well as duration of secondary education globally to examine their efficacy.

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