Student-centred and teacher-centred science classrooms as visualized by science teachers and their supervisors

Sulaiman M. Al-Balushi; Abdullah K. Ambusaidi; Khadija A. Al-Balushi; Fatema H. Al-Hajri; Mohammed S. Al-Sinani

doi:10.1016/j.tate.2019.103014

Student-centred and teacher-centred science classrooms as visualized by science teachers and their supervisors

Sulaiman M. Al-Balushi^*, Abdullah K. Ambusaidi, Khadija A. Al-Balushi, Fatema H. Al-Hajri, Mohammed S. Al-Sinani

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	103014
Journal	Teaching and Teacher Education
Volume	89
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2019.103014
Publication status	Published - Mar 2020

Keywords

Science supervisors
Science teachers
Student-centred environment
Teacher-centred environment
Teachers’ beliefs

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Education

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