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TEACHING SCIENCE THROUGH ONLINE EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: SCIENCE TEACHERS’ PRACTICES, SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD THE CHANGE

dc.contributor.advisorMolnar , Tim
dc.contributor.committeeMemberChernoff , Egan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKoole, Marguerite
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMousavi, Amin
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMilford, Todd M
dc.creatorRafi, Fazle
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-4527-5898
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-11T15:48:31Z
dc.date.available2022-05-11T15:48:31Z
dc.date.created2022-04
dc.date.issued2022-05-11
dc.date.submittedApril 2022
dc.date.updated2022-05-11T15:48:32Z
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a remarkable impact on school (K-12) education worldwide. Institutions and teacher educators had to quickly respond to an unexpected and obligatory transition from face-to-face to remote teaching. During this teaching transition science teachers faced various challenges, particularly to inquiry-based activities as well as laboratory experiments employing online tools. Better understanding of the COVID-19 teaching situation of science teachers can aid teachers and various stakeholders concerned with providing quality science teaching and learning. Hence, this study explored science teachers’ practices through the description of their experiences in the current context of COVID-19. Since teachers’ perception of self-efficacy and attitudes affect teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and teaching practices, this study also investigated teachers’ perceptions of self-efficacy concerning teaching online remotely and teachers’ attitudes toward the change of teaching transitions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The instrument used to measure the three scales (teaching practices, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward the change) was a 39-item, web-based survey that was given to in-service Saskatchewan science teachers within seven Saskatchewan district school boards. The option for open-ended survey comments were kept ascertaining if teachers had any comments, or concerns in addition to the survey responses. Descriptive statistics, and inferential statistical tests were used to explore the differences of teaching practices, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward the change according to teachers’ demographic characteristics. The study results indicated that teachers had to spend additional time in planning lessons, designing inquiry-based activities, and preparing assignments for online teaching during COVID-19 emergency remote teaching. Teachers had a low perception of self-efficacy for maintaining engagement with families and strengthening trust-based communication through online tools. Also, science teachers perceived that they had a moderate level of self-efficacy to perform the tasks related to their teaching practices during COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, teachers reported less favorable attitudes toward the change that occurred during COVID-19 teaching. The study results are intended to be useful to the school divisions for planning and implementing adequate professional development training to enhance teachers’ skills and knowledge for teaching science in online remote context.  
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10388/13956
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectTeaching practices
dc.subjectTeachers’ belief of self-efficacy
dc.subjectTeachers’ attitudes toward the change
dc.subjectOnline teaching
dc.titleTEACHING SCIENCE THROUGH ONLINE EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: SCIENCE TEACHERS’ PRACTICES, SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD THE CHANGE
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentCurriculum Studies
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculum Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewan
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Education (M.Ed.)

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