Robust Adaptive Processes: The Case for Laboratory Assistants in Fiji High Schools

Title
Robust Adaptive Processes: The Case for Laboratory Assistants in Fiji High Schools
Publication Date
1994
Author(s)
Cook, Alan
Taylor, Neil
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-319X
Email: ntaylor6@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ntaylor6
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation, Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics
Place of publication
Malaysia
UNE publication id
une:23304
Abstract
Few science teachers in Fiji organised whole class experiments far students despite students' practical work being promoted by the Ministry of Education as being an essential component of science education. This paper reports findings from a series of interviews with science teachers conducted to investigate one of the causative factors; i.e.: the deterioration of science apparatus and facilities. It was found that previous initiatives to address the problem of laboratory maintenance were not sustained. It is argued here that more robust processes need to be put in place. In this case it appears that the most efficient and cost effective means of supporting practical work is for the Fiji Ministry of Education to employ laboratory assistants to service cohorts of schools.
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Citation
Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 17(2), p. 7-15
ISSN
0126-7663
Start page
7
End page
15

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