Beyond folklore, dance, music, culture refers, in a more substantive and comprehensive way, to the sum of ideas, knowledge systems and instrumentalities (institutional, scientific, technological and political) by means ...

We are in the beginning stages of trying to develop a holistic model of teacher development that will integrate the development of teachers’ content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and teaching approaches, and ...

A holistic professional development (HPD) model was developed and tested with 75 secondary school physics teachers over a period of four years. This HPD model was developed in three phases and provides for the simultaneous ...

This paper describes one part of a long-term study aimed at developing and testing a model for holistic teacher development. Phase 1 involved obtaining baseline data, Phase 2 involved constructing the model and Phase 3 ...

South African physical science teachers are currently implementing the new FET curriculum. This paper reports on the views of 59 physical science teachers currently teaching Grade 10 and 11 learners. Data from questionnaires ...

Although problem-solving is central to any Physics course, students often find it very difficult. If students find it difficult, what about the teachers? We suspected that the teachers’ problem solving skills needed ...

The incomplete understanding of Ohm’s law is a phenomenon widely experienced in introductory physics courses and high school science. Nonetheless, lecturers and teachers may be unaware of student’s inability to distinguish ...

Research has been done for the past 4 years with 75 Physical Science teachers to construct and test a holistic model for professional development via Distance Education. Three dimensions were targeted that need development, ...

The use of interactive computer simulations in improving the teaching and learning of physical science is considered. The importance of interactive computer simulations is the ease of being recycled and hence its ...