TY - JOUR
T1 - Student-centred and teacher-centred science classrooms as visualized by science teachers and their supervisors
AU - Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M.
AU - Ambusaidi, Abdullah K.
AU - Al-Balushi, Khadija A.
AU - Al-Hajri, Fatema H.
AU - Al-Sinani, Mohammed S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - The current study examined how in-service science teachers and their supervisors visualized student-centred and teacher-centred science classrooms. The grade levels covered in the study were grades 1–12. We used a modified Draw-A-Science-Teacher-Test Checklist (DASTT-C) tool. The findings revealed that both groups viewed science teaching in schools to be more teacher-centred. When asked to sketch a “student-centred classroom”, science supervisors were able to produce better drawings that reflected a student-centred teaching environment compared to science teachers. On the other hand, there was no significant difference in terms of science teachers’ gender, teaching experience and grade level.
AB - The current study examined how in-service science teachers and their supervisors visualized student-centred and teacher-centred science classrooms. The grade levels covered in the study were grades 1–12. We used a modified Draw-A-Science-Teacher-Test Checklist (DASTT-C) tool. The findings revealed that both groups viewed science teaching in schools to be more teacher-centred. When asked to sketch a “student-centred classroom”, science supervisors were able to produce better drawings that reflected a student-centred teaching environment compared to science teachers. On the other hand, there was no significant difference in terms of science teachers’ gender, teaching experience and grade level.
KW - Science supervisors
KW - Science teachers
KW - Student-centred environment
KW - Teacher-centred environment
KW - Teachers’ beliefs
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2019.103014
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2019.103014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077305125
SN - 0742-051X
VL - 89
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
M1 - 103014
ER -