An ethnographic investigation into the development and trialing of more accessible text materials for second language teaching and learning in physical science
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pickerill, Roy Thomas Alan | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Young, Douglas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Clark, Jonathan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Clark, Jonathan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-29T16:01:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-29T16:01:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-12-15T07:36:10Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This dissertation discusses the development of alternative science curriculum materials for a secondary schooling context where English, the medium of instruction, is a second language for both teachers and students. The research is located in an interpretative ethnographic framework and the data gathered during the classroom-based trialing of the materials highlights the vital role of language in the teaching and learning of school science. An interactive reading model coupled with a discourse approach to text analysis explores some of the language difficulties which black students experience with their science textbooks. That many students fail to develop adequate reading strategies is identified as lying at the heart of many learning problems. It is suggested that the key to comprehension is instruction from a base of more accessible text materials. Furthermore, although science practical work does not automatically advance students' knowledge and understanding, relevant and contextualised learning activities do equip students to become more self-directed and reflective learners of science. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Clark, J., & Clark, J. (1993). <i>An ethnographic investigation into the development and trialing of more accessible text materials for second language teaching and learning in physical science</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23665 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Clark, Jonathan, and Jonathan Clark. <i>"An ethnographic investigation into the development and trialing of more accessible text materials for second language teaching and learning in physical science."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23665 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Clark, J., Clark, J. 1993. An ethnographic investigation into the development and trialing of more accessible text materials for second language teaching and learning in physical science. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Clark, Jonathan AU - Clark, Jonathan AB - This dissertation discusses the development of alternative science curriculum materials for a secondary schooling context where English, the medium of instruction, is a second language for both teachers and students. The research is located in an interpretative ethnographic framework and the data gathered during the classroom-based trialing of the materials highlights the vital role of language in the teaching and learning of school science. An interactive reading model coupled with a discourse approach to text analysis explores some of the language difficulties which black students experience with their science textbooks. That many students fail to develop adequate reading strategies is identified as lying at the heart of many learning problems. It is suggested that the key to comprehension is instruction from a base of more accessible text materials. Furthermore, although science practical work does not automatically advance students' knowledge and understanding, relevant and contextualised learning activities do equip students to become more self-directed and reflective learners of science. DA - 1993 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1993 T1 - An ethnographic investigation into the development and trialing of more accessible text materials for second language teaching and learning in physical science TI - An ethnographic investigation into the development and trialing of more accessible text materials for second language teaching and learning in physical science UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23665 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23665 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Clark J, Clark J. An ethnographic investigation into the development and trialing of more accessible text materials for second language teaching and learning in physical science. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 1993 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23665 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | School of Education | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject.other | Physical sciences - South Africa - Textbooks | |
| dc.subject.other | Textbooks - South Africa - Evaluation | |
| dc.subject.other | Physical sciences - Study and teaching (Secondary) - South Africa | |
| dc.subject.other | Physical sciences - South Africa - Language | |
| dc.subject.other | Lan | |
| dc.subject.other | Physical sciences - Textbooks | |
| dc.title | An ethnographic investigation into the development and trialing of more accessible text materials for second language teaching and learning in physical science | |
| dc.title | An ethnographic investigation into the development and trialing of more accessible text materials for second language teaching and learning in physical science | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationname | MEd | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | |
| uct.type.resource | Thesis |