THE CHALLENGES OF A SCIENCE TEACHER

MARY ANNE RAMONES URPILLA

Nowadays we are dealing with the students who have a broad knowledge in science because they can easily find information in the social media, Google chrome, different Wikipedia and etc. due to this reason teachers should find ways so that the learners still listen and give us importance. However, there are things that are not in our control like for example is the availability of the facilities in the school which it means that they have less laboratory opportunities, the time of teaching science since it covers a large number of topics there is always friction between how deep and how wide a teacher should go in their curriculum. Due to time constraints, most teachers will teach a breadth of knowledge without having the time to go in depth on individual topics. Time consuming planning requirements Labs and experiments often require science teachers to spend a lot of time in preparation and set up. Therefore, science teachers have less time to grade during the normal school hours and often find themselves working late or coming in early to keep up. In Class Time Constraints

Many labs cannot be completed in less than 50 minutes. Therefore, science teachers are often faced with the challenge of dividing labs up over the course of a couple of days. This can be difficult when dealing with chemical reactions, so a lot of planning and forethought needs to go into these lessons. Prerequisite information certain science courses require students to have prerequisite math schools. For example, chemistry and physics both require strong math and particularly algebra skills. When students are placed in their class without these prerequisites, science teachers find themselves teaching not only their topic but also the prerequisite math required for it.

To be an effective and efficient science teacher, you should consider these problems that you going to undertake and find a solution so that the teaching and learning process will be fruitful and productive. The science teacher should possess positivity at all times to teach and inspire their learners especially in learning science. — oOo—

The author is Teacher III at Estipona High School, Pura, Tarlac