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Author
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Machingura, Mhazo
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Title
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The impact of COVID 19 in the teaching and learning of Ordinary level biology in Glenview/Mufakose District of Harare Province
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Abstract
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The research study investigated the impact of the COVID -19 pandemic on the teaching and learning of Ordinary level biology. The data collection instruments used included questionnaires and interviews and observations. A sample of 48 respondents was used in the study. The information gathered was presented and analyzed using tables, and graphs. The research findings revealed that the major teaching methods used by teachers before the pandemic were group work, experiments, presentations, and lecture methods. However COVID-19 changed how teaching and learning process occurred. The WHO COVID-19 regulations which were to be followed discouraged gatherings but social distancing. This affected the teaching and learning methods to be adopted for example it became practically impossible to use group work, group experiments, and teacher demonstrations. Many schools switched to online teaching and learning however this had its own challenges, for example network challenges, lack of data bundles, lack of gadgets, lack of laboratories, failure to complete the syllabus, limited understanding, power cuts, lack of resources, prohibition of extra lessons failure to complete the syllabus and poor communication due to wearing of masks. The study therefore, recommends that it is vital for the government of Zimbabwe through the ministry of primary and secondary schools to establish a zero rating biology education resources on the internet, prepare online biology teaching and learning resources, grow ICT infrastructure, provide training of biology teachers on biology based education during the COVID 19 crisis, introduce biology related radio and television teaching, try to connect schools to internet to assist in the teaching and learning of biology. Schools should invest in internet provision, plan on the provision of laptops and computer laboratories where teachers can come and share information with their learners, build more laboratories and classroom blocks to accommodate more pupils and provision of masks
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Date
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2022
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Publisher
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BUSE
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Keywords
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COVID-19
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Teaching and Learning of Biology
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Ordinary Level
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Glen View/ Mufakose District
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Harare Province
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Supervisor
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Mr. Machingura, J.
