Science Journal of Education

Volume 4, Issue 1, February 2016

  • Computer Modeling for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Curriculum in Kenya: A Simulation-Based Approach to Science Education

    James Sifuna, George Simiyu Manyali, Thomas Sakwa, Alima Mukasia

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1, February 2016
    Pages: 1-8
    Received: Dec. 22, 2015
    Accepted: Jan. 04, 2016
    Published: Jan. 08, 2016
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    Abstract: Developed countries have appreciated the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for scientific and technological development. STEM subjects have been posting low results in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations over the years and we have linked the deteriorating standards to the inappropriate teaching approa... Show More
  • Science Teacher Confidence

    Megan Kolby Noble

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1, February 2016
    Pages: 9-13
    Received: Oct. 22, 2015
    Accepted: Jan. 23, 2016
    Published: Feb. 16, 2016
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    Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine if in-service teachers had similar anxiety to that of pre-service teachers, if the anxiety they felt towards teaching science could be attributed to similar factors as those that can predict anxiety in pre-service teachers, and whether teachers felt as though they were given opportunities to become more confid... Show More
  • The Construction of Class Committee in College for Crisis Awareness Abased on the Lanberg Theorem

    Song Xinquan

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1, February 2016
    Pages: 14-18
    Received: Jan. 26, 2016
    Accepted: Feb. 15, 2016
    Published: Feb. 29, 2016
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    Abstract: Lanberg theorem indicates: it could inspire staff potential by making necessary crisis awareness. Class committee is the critical means of managing class. The college should inspire college committee value and improve the level of class management by making necessary crisis awareness,which could achieve it by supervisory measures, incentive measure... Show More