Abstract:
The study focused on finding out the science teaching efficacy beliefs, science content
knowledge and attitudes of preservice teachers in Colleges of Education in Ghana. A
survey was used to gather data from a sample of 100 preservice teachers in two
colleges of education in Ghana. A questionnaire consisting of a science teaching
efficacy belief instrument (STEBI-B) science teaching attitude scale and a test were
used to collect quantitative data respectively. The data were analysed using
descriptive statistics functions of SPSS. The main finding were that generally the
preservice teachers had strong efficacy beliefs, positive attitudes towards science
teaching but had low science content knowledge on some selected topics from the
basic school integrated science syllabus. The study found that weak science
backgrounds of the preservice teachers contributed to their low science content
knowledge. A number of recommendations were made including revision of the
programmes of the college of educations to boost the content knowledge levels of the
preservice teachers,
Description:
A DISSERTATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE, FACULTY OF
SCIENCE EDUCATION, SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE
STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA, IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF A
DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION IN SCIENCE EDUCATION.
AUGUST, 2015