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Science Education Research Institute Kyungpook National University (경북대학교 과학교육연구소)
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Effect of Challenges with Class Size, Classroom Management and Availability of Instructional Resources on Science Teachers' Teaching Practices in Secondary Schools

  • Received : 2017.07.20
  • Accepted : 2017.04.14
  • Published : 2017.04.30
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Abstract

This study set out to investigate the challenges to science teacher's teaching practices in the Anglophone sub-system of education in Cameroon secondary schools. A sample of 331 of these teachers was selected using the purposive sampling method. Data was collected by use of a questionnaire and was subjected to inferential analysis. The major findings from the multiple regression were challenges associated with the size and management of a science class have an effect on the teaching practices of a science teacher. However, challenges with availability of instructional resources did not have an effect on science teaching practices. Recommendations to solve the identified drawbacks include the provision of more classrooms to accommodate the ever growing population of students and the organization of many seminars through which teachers could be educated on how to handle classroom problems and improvise when necessary.

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