How do you rate your teachers’ performance? Analyzing the perception of students about their science teachers’ at elementary schools in Pakistan

Abstract

Science education has been of great importance in schools. Teaching sciences require not only knowledge skills and abilities but also depend on state-of-the-art labs where students can experience their theories. Considering this key issue this study aimed to investigate the performance of science teachers are elementary schools in Pakistan. Twenty elementary schools were selected through simple random sampling, out of these schools, 521 students were involved in data collection through convenient sampling technique. A questionnaire was use to collect data based on six dimension of teachers’ performance. An informed consent was obtained from the concerned stakeholders. All the collected data were analysed by using SPSS. Inferential statistics were calculated. Results identified that science teachers have strong command on their subject but they are lacking in laboratory work. It is also revealed that girls rated the performance of their teachers less as compare to boys. This raise concern about the available library facilities. Limitations and recommendations for future researches were discussed.