An Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Learners' Attitudes towards Learning Science and Characteristics of an Afterschool Science Club

Autor/inn/en	Agunbiade, Esther; Ngcoza, Kenneth; Jawahar, Kavish; Sewry, Joyce
Titel	An Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Learners' Attitudes towards Learning Science and Characteristics of an Afterschool Science Club
Quelle	In: African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 21 (2017) 3, S.271-281 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1029-8457
DOI	10.1080/18117295.2017.1369274
Schlagwörter	Scientific Attitudes; Student Attitudes; After School Education; After School Programs; Enrichment Activities; Science Activities; Clubs; Communities of Practice; Interviews; Questionnaires; Semi Structured Interviews; Facilitators (Individuals); Environmental Education; Foreign Countries; Grade 7; Pretests Posttests; Qualitative Research; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; After-school programs; After school programs; Out of school education; Out-of-school education; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; After school education; Program; Programs; Programme; Programm; Bereicherungsprogramm; Club; Klub; Community; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fragebogen; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Ausland; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Qualitative Forschung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The Khanya Maths and Science Club (KMSC) is an afterschool science/maths enrichment programme for learners in Grades 7-12 supported by postgraduate students and academic staff volunteers. This research seeks to explore the relationship between participating learners' attitude toward learning science and the characteristics of this afterschool science club. The study draws from Wenger's community of practice model to explore the features. Six learners participating in the KMSC were interviewed and their journal entries were analysed inductively, resulting in three themes. The study revealed that learners' attitudes towards learning science were associated with the club's instructional characteristics, facilitators/environmental characteristics and the level to which science was connected with everyday life. These characteristics are also related to the community of practice elements. It was concluded that incorporating the community of practice model in structuring afterschool science activities could have a positive influence on learners' attitude towards learning science. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01