IMPACTS OF ACTIVITY BASED TEACHING IN SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN SECONDARY PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF KARACHI IN THE CONTEXT OF JOHN DEWEY’S THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

Abstract

ABL or Activity base learning is the key point of student-centered classroom environment. classroom’s learning environment can be changed only by well-planned activities in which students must be engaged according to the theory of John Dewey’s theory of learning by doing. The research was made to enhance the importance of ABL in classroom especially for science subjects in Karachi. Since majority of teachers are still using the same old traditional method so it was very necessary to bring a positive change in their teaching style to bring positive impacts over the learning of students. Science is a vast domain, so the research was limited to the teaching of Chemistry at secondary level of Karachi in Privately managed schools. Beside enhancing teachers’ capabilities, the other objectives of the research were to find the impacts of ABL in classroom learning environment and its impacts over the personality of children. It is survey research The researcher selected 15 schools from each district of Karachi by using stratified sampling technique and thus total 90 schools were selected and then one of their principals and one teacher who used to teach chemistry there. It is found that teachers are not properly trained to manage and plan ABL in their classroom, so they avoid using this method in their classroom. School management also doesn’t support them. The research presented some recommendations for the improvement of classroom environment.

Keywords: Activity based learning, Teaching, Science, Private Secondary Schools.