Foundation phase teachers’ interpretation of the life skills programme with regard to the teaching of natural science
South African Journal of Childhood Education
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Foundation phase teachers’ interpretation of the life skills programme with regard to the teaching of natural science | |
| Creator | Beni, Saritha Stears, Michele James, Angela | |
| Description | Scientific literacy should be promoted through the teaching of science from Grade R and for this to happen, teachers need to understand what science should be taught and how it should be taught. This interpretive, qualitative study explores the degree to which four foundation phase teachers interpret the life skills programme with regard to the teaching of natural science by using an adapted version of a theory of implementation. Analyses of a questionnaire, documents (Revised National Curriculum Statement and lesson plans) and interviews enabled us to build a picture of how each teacher interpreted the curriculum with regard to a number of constructs. The findings show that foundation phase teachers have great difficulty interpreting the curriculum because the foundation phase curriculum does not give clear guidance with regard to the teaching of science. Their poor content knowledge, the poor understanding of what integration of science in numeracy and literacy entails, as well as their poor understanding of the instructional methods used to teach science exacerbate the problem. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2017-05-31 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajce.v7i1.440 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Childhood Education; Vol 7, No 1 (2017); 14 pages 2223-7682 2223-7674 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Relation |
The following web links (URLs) may trigger a file download or direct you to an alternative webpage to gain access to a publication file format of the published article:
https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/440/496
https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/440/495
https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/440/497
https://sajce.co.za/index.php/sajce/article/view/440/494
|
|
ADVERTISEMENT
