Abstract

The purpose of study was to investigate the status of implementation of science practical works in science teaching –learning processes in some selected secondary schools of Bale Zone, Oromia. To address the purpose of this study, mixed research methods were used, and the concurrent triangulation research design was followed to undertake study. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used. To approach these data, both probability and non-probability sampling techniques were used, mainly simple probability sampling technique, stratified probability sampling technique, and purposive non probability sampling techniques were used. Questionnaires and interview were used as data collection tools. After collecting relevant data both quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques were used for analyze of data. Analysis was done by means of descriptive statistics like frequency distribution, percentage, mean and standard deviation; and, inferential statistics like t-test were employed. The findings of the study showed that the status of implementation of practical work in science in study areas was very low and insufficient. Based on the findings of the study, special attention should be given from government, school management, teachers, communities and other stakeholders to improve quality of science practical work in the schools. Keywords: Status, Practical work, Implementation, Teaching and Learning DOI : 10.7176/RHSS/10-1-04 Publication date: January 31 st 2020

Highlights

  • Education is a key investment in any country with enormous social and economic benefits accruing from it.Adding, the development of any country is mainly determined by the level and growth of its human capital

  • The general objective of this study was investigate the status of implementation of practical work in science teaching-learning processes in some selected secondary schools of Bale zone, Oromia

  • To indicate the factors affecting the implementation of practical work in science teaching, in secondary school of Bale Zone, Oromia

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Introduction

The development of any country is mainly determined by the level and growth of its human capital It is, important that every child, whether in rural or urban community, benefits from quality basic education in order to promote social, political and economic development of the country (MoE, 2004). The word “science” probably brings to mind many different pictures: white laboratory coats and microscopes, an astronomer peering through a telescope, a naturalist in the rainforest, Einstein’s equations scribbled on a chalkboard, the launch of the space shuttle, bubbling beakers All of those images reflect some aspect of science, but none of them provides a full picture because science has so many facets: Science is both a body of knowledge and a process. Science is a process of discovery that allows us to link isolated facts into coherent and comprehensive things (Parawira, 2009)

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