Open AccessPerception of learning science: the case of females offering STEM majors in Ghana
Author(s) -
Darko Kwaku Amponsah,
Maigari Salifu Mohammed
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
african journal of educational studies in mathematics and sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2508-1128
pISSN - 0855-501X
DOI - 10.4314/ajesms.v15i2.12
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , perception , curriculum , government (linguistics) , medical education , descriptive statistics , psychology , pharmacy , sample (material) , maturity (psychological) , mathematics education , medicine , pedagogy , mathematics , family medicine , developmental psychology , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience
The study investigated the differences among female students pursuing selected STEM programmes in a Science and Technology university in Ghana, in their perception of learning science. Three hundred and twenty-eight (328) final year female students offering computer science and information and communication technology, engineering, pharmacy, and medicine formed the sample. The research design was a descriptive cross-sectional survey, and a questionnaire was utilised for data collection. The reliability coefficient obtained using Cronbach alpha formula was 0.85. The study discovered that female students in STEM majors were goal-oriented and extraordinarily impressive with their academics however lacked the capacity to have fun as a result of the loaded curriculum. Again, the study showed specific differences in self-perception among students of the four STEM majors, when analysed using ANOVA and Post hoc analyses. It was revealed that pregnancy is no longer a barrier to educate the girl child as a result of unique interventions put in place by the government of Ghana. It was recommended among others that the Ghana Education Service intensifies the STEM training Clinics in the rural areas of Ghana to enhance rural female students’ involvement in STEM Majors at Tertiary level.