Standing Factors Why Few Female Learners in Rural Day High Schools Take Chemistry at Advanced level: A Case of Kambarami and Dombodzvuku High Schools in Murewa District, Mashonaland East Province.
- Author
- Nyamandwe Pauline. C
- Title
- Standing Factors Why Few Female Learners in Rural Day High Schools Take Chemistry at Advanced level: A Case of Kambarami and Dombodzvuku High Schools in Murewa District, Mashonaland East Province.
- Abstract
- The study sought to examine standing factors why few learners take Chemistry at Advanced level, with reference to two day secondary schools in Murewa District. The study adopted a qualitative research design, and used unstructured in-depth interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions to collect data. The data generated from a sample of 2 school administrators, 2 heads of department, 2 science teachers and 10 Advanced level female learners who were purposively selected from the study population illuminated that the gendering of learners’ career prospects, gendering of subjects, lack of female role models in science, particularly Chemistry related fields and careers at school and in the community, lack of material and human resources in schools, lack of career guidance, teachers’ negative influence and peer pressure are the standing factors that promote the underrepresentation of female learners in Chemistry. Therefore, from the findings, was concluded that gender socialisation underpinnings have influenced the underrepresentation of female learners in Chemistry. To this end, it is therefore imperative for the government through the MoPSE and various schools to come with initiatives that promote the uptake of Chemistry by more female learners, especially in rural secondary schools.
- Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Chemistry at Advanced level
- Female learners in rural areas
- Supervisor
- Mr.Shasha, D.
- Media
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