The influence of high school physics teachers' beliefs about physics and physics education on alternative conceptions in electromagnetism: a Lesotho study

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dc.contributor.authorQhobela, Makomosela
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-30T06:39:24Z
dc.date.available2019-07-30T06:39:24Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.descriptionA RESEARCH REPORT submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in the SCHOOL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION of the UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRANDen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study was designed to investigate beliefs of Physics Teachers, in Lesotho, about Physics and Physics teaching and their awareness of students' alternative conceptions. The study used three questionnaires as its research tools. The first questionnaire investigated beliefs of teachers about Physics concepts, particularly electromagnetism, and the teaching of those concepts. An 'index of agreement' was calculated to determine the tendency of responses. The second queatlonnalre investigated teachers' awareness of students' alternative conceptions, while the third investigated Students' alternative conceptlons. Teachers' predictions are compared with the students' answers. The study shows some teachers having beliefs which can be grouped into two categories, namely constructlvlsts and empiricists. There is however no clear separation between the two categories. The study also shows that some teachers are not aware of students' alternative conceptlons, while some teachers had the same alternative conceptions as students,en_ZA
dc.description.librarianAndrew Chakane 2019en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/27806
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectPhysics--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Lesothoen_ZA
dc.subjectElectromagnetismen_ZA
dc.titleThe influence of high school physics teachers' beliefs about physics and physics education on alternative conceptions in electromagnetism: a Lesotho studyen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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