This questionnaire seeks information about science teachers' perception on their instructional practice

1. PERCEPTIONS, ATTITUDES AND SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS OF SCIENCE
TEACHERS ON THE TEACHING OF INTEGRATED SCIENCE IN SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA
By Collins Owusu-Fordjour
DEMOGRAPHY
These questionsare about you, your education and the time you have spentin teaching.In
respondingto the questions,please mark the appropriate box usinga tick (√).
1. What is your gender?
Male [ ] female [ ]
2. How old are you?
Under 25 [ ] 25 – 29 [ ] 30 – 39 [ ] 40 – 49 [ ] 50 – 59 [ ] above 60 [ ]
3. Employment status as a teacher
Full time [ ] part-time [ ] national service [ ] intern [ ]
4. Highest level of formal education
Bsc degree [ ] MSc [ ] MEd [ ] MPhil [ ] Others
……………………
5. Your major area of specialisation.
BSc Biology Edu. [ ] BSc Chemistry Edu. [ ]
BSc Integrated Science Edu. [ ] BSc Physics Edu. [ ]
Other: …………………………………………………………………………………
6. How long have you been working as a teacher?
0 – 9months [ ] 1 – 5yrs [ ] 5 – 10yrs [ ] 10 – 15yrs [ ] above 15yrs [ ]

2. 7. In a typical school week, estimate the number of (60-minute) hours you spend on the
following in school. Please write the number of minutes in the spaces provided.
a. Teaching of students in school (either whole class, in groups or individually). [ , ]
b. Planning or preparation of lessons either in school or out of school (including
marking of students’ work) [ , ]
c. Administrative duties either in school or out of school (including school
administrative duties, paperwork and other clerical duties you undertake in your job
as a teacher) [ , ]
d. Other: …………………………………………………………………………………
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
In this survey, professional development is defined as activities that develop an individual’s
skills, knowledge, expertise and other characteristics as a teacher.
Please only consider professional development you have taken after your initial teacher
training/education.

3. a. During the last 2 years, did you participate in any of the following kinds of professional
development activities, and what was the impact of these activities on your development
as a teacher?
Premise A
Participat
ion
B
Impact
Yes No No
impact
Small
impact
Moderate
impact
Large
impact
Courses/workshops (e.g. on subject matter or
methods and/or other education-related topics)
Education conferences or seminars (where
teachers and/or researchers present their research
results and discuss educational problems)
Individual or collaborative research on a topic of
interest to you professionally
Mentoring and/or peer observation and coaching,
as part of a formal school arrangement
Professional development should be organized for
teachers at the beginning of every academic year

4. b. In all, how many days of professional development training did you attend during the last
2 years? [ ]
c. Of these, how many days were compulsory for you to attend as part of your job as a
teacher? [ ]
d. For the professional development trainings in which you participated in the last 2 years,
how much did you personally have to pay for?
None [ ] Some [ ] All [ ]
e. Thinking of your own professional development needs, please indicate the extent to
which you have such needs in each of the areas listed.
Premise No
need at
all
Low
level of
need
Moderate
level of
need
High
level of
need
Content and performance standards in my main
subject field(s)
Student assessment practices
Classroom management
Knowledge and understanding of my main subject
field(s)
Knowledge and understanding of instructional
practices (knowledge mediation) in my main
subject field(s)

5. PERCEPTIONS ABOUT INTEGRATED SCIENCE TEACHING.
Premises Strongly
agree
Agree uncertain Disagree Strongly
disagree
Integrated science should be taught as a whole
Single teacher should handle the integrated science subject
Aspect teaching of integrated science enables us to
complete the syllabus early
Single teacher teaching integrated science enables us to
complete the syllabus early
Single teacher handling integrated science is more
effective in terms of instructional delivery than many
teachers
Schools are practicing aspect teaching of integrated
science subject because they do not have integrated
science specialists in the schools
The integrated science syllabus is voluminous and cannot
be completed within the school cycle by one teacher
There should be periodic workshops and in-service
trainings for Integrated Science Teachers
There are insufficient resources to teach some of the
concepts in Integrated Science

6. MY SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS TOWARDS INTEGRATED SCIENCE TEACHING
Premises Strongly
agree
Agree Uncertain Disagree Strongly
disagree
I believe confidently that I can teach Integrated science as
an Integrated whole
I believe the Integrated science subject can be completed
by one teacher
I still believe that the volume of the Integrated Science
syllabus affects its completion in the school cycle
I believe there are some aspects of the subject that I will
need a helping hand when teaching it
I believe personal development training will enhance my
content knowledge as well as my classroom management
skills
I believe certain aspects of Integrated Science should be
taught by specialized resource person
I believe that learning of Integrated Science will better
equip students to meet the market demand of labour
Thank you for your cooperation