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This study was aimed at investigating the effectiveness of teaching science in Tanzanian
community secondary schools: in Mwanza city. The study adopted a conceptual
framework based on effectiveness of teaching science adopted from Lockheed and
Verspoor.
The study employed two research designs namely; the cross sectional design and the
quasi – experimental design. Eight government secondary schools were researched, five
schools in treatment group and three schools in control group. The sample size had 384
respondents comprising of science students, science teachers, head of schools and the
District education officers. Data were collected through questionnaire, interview,
observation and documentary review techniques.
The main findings of the study were that, most of secondary schools in treatment group
had no laboratories. The findings indicated that, participatory and non participatory
teaching strategies were used in teaching science in treatment and control groups. It was
further revealed that performance for students in science subjects was good and
satisfactory in treatment and control groups. It was shown that there was a shortage of
science teachers in treatment and control groups.
The study recommended the following to be done by education stakeholders in treatment
and controls groups; establishing laboratories for science subjects, participatory methods
should be encouraged in teaching science and recruiting more qualified and competent
science teachers to raise the performance in science subjects. |
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