State of science instructional organization in secondary schools in the project of educational opprtunity extension at the lower secondary education level,Educational Region Seven
Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study state and problems of science instructional organization in secondary schools in the project of educational opportunity extension at the lower secondary education level, educational region seven. The population were 168 science teachers. The instrument was the questionnaire constructed by the researcher. The data were analyzed by means of frequency and percentage. The results of this research were as follows: The main instructional characteristic of the secondary schools in the project of educational opportunity extension at the lower secondary education level, educational region seven were that: the instruction were managed both full time and part time in school. For part time instruction, students studied in school three days and out of school two days per week. For science instruction, the students had class three periods and independent study one period per week. Science teachers used many teaching methods. For independent study, the students had to do exercise, report and experiment in some topic. Science process skills of students was emphasized in the instruction. Most of science teachers evaluated the students achievement by using paper and pencil test, checking the assignment and observing their performance. The number of students who received grade zero or incomplete was not more than 20 percents. The major problems found were that science teachers had no guideline for implementing curriculum, could not complete teaching the whole curriculum, lacked of instructional media and lacked of transportation for following up students independent study at home