Student Motivation in Science Subjects in Tanzania, Including Students’ Voices

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dc.contributor.authorMkimbili & Ødegaard
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-23T18:33:13Z
dc.date.available2020-03-23T18:33:13Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractFostering and maintaining students’ interest in science is an important aspect of improving science learning. The focus of this paper is to listen to and reflect on students’ voices regarding the sources of motivation for science subjects among students in community secondary schools with contextual challenges in Tanzania. We conducted a group-interview study of 46 Form 3 and Form 4 Tanzanian secondary school students. The study findings reveal that the major contextual challenges to student motivation for science in the studied schools are limited resources and students’ insufficient competence in the language of instruction. Our results also reveal ways to enhance student motivation for science in schools with contextual challenges; these techniques include the use of questioning techniques and discourse, students’ investigations and practical work using locally available materials, study tours, more integration of classroom science into students’ daily lives and the use of real-life examples in science teaching. Also we noted that students’ contemporary life, culture and familiar language can be utilised as a useful resource in facilitating meaningful learning in science in the school. Students suggested that, to make science interesting to a majority of students in a Tanzanian context, science education needs to be inclusive of students’ experiences, culture and contemporary daily lives. Also, science teaching and learning in the classroom need to involve learners’ voices.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMkimbili, S.T., Ødegaard, M. Student Motivation in Science Subjects in Tanzania, Including Students’ Voices. Res Sci Educ 49, 1835–1859 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-017-9677-4en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5397
dc.publisherspringeren_US
dc.titleStudent Motivation in Science Subjects in Tanzania, Including Students’ Voicesen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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