diigopage

> evaluate, adequately prepare and participate in ongoing learning/professional > development
 * Teachers lack the time and opportunity to share ideas, collaborate, reflect,
 * Classes are too large
 * overcrowded with content
 * insufficient time to develop topics
 * emphasis on processes and skills
 * Normative assessment procedures are still widely used
 * restrict creative and innovative teaching
 * outcomes-focus is rarely used
 * teachers do not have time to sift and evaluate resources
 * lack of commitment and recognition
 * need to recognise excellence in science teaching
 * need enhanced career opportunities
 * It is important that the teachers really understand the things they are teaching
 * different and individual student learning styles
 * disruptive classroom behaviour
 * curriculum in place in most schools does not engage
 * difficult to see the relevance of science to their present lives and employment prospects
 * irrelevant, too hard and involving large amounts of work.
 * focus on literacy and numeracy reduced the priority given to science