<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benard Adesina  Odufowokan</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOLS` INSTRUCTIONAL PLANT AND TEACHERS` TASK PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Problems of Education in the 21st Century</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">schools` instructional plant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">secondary schools</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">October/2011</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://oaji.net/articles/2014/457-1406612149.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">34</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The study examines the relationship between School Instructional Plant and Teachers` Task Performance in Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area, Ogun-State, Nigeria; taking into consideration; teachers‘ educational qualification, sex, marital status and location of school. 600 teachers were randomly selected from ten secondary schools consisted the respondents and two types of questionnaire - School Instructional Plant Questionnaire (SIPQ) and Teachers` Task Performance Questionnaire (TTPQ) were developed based on a four – point Likert Scales. Five hypotheses were generated and tested in the study using chi-square to determine whether sex differences, educational qualification, marital status and location of schools affected Teacher`s perception of school instructional plant. Based on the findings, the five hypotheses were rejected showing that there is a strong relationship.</style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">88-97</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andrej  Šorgo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andreja  Špernjak</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS LABORATORY WORK IN BIOLOGY</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Problems of Education in the 21st Century </style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">attitudes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">laboratory work</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">secondary schools</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">October/2009</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://oaji.net/articles/2014/457-1393669073.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Interest in Biology among secondary school students in Slovenia is dropping from year to year. 1,046 secondary school students were surveyed about their preferred number of group mates in the laboratory, their attitudes towards and positive and negative views of laboratory work in Biology. From the students’ perspective, the preferred way of teaching biology would be a mixture of interesting lectures and laboratory activities where they would have the opportunity to find solutions to the problems on their own through work in small groups. This is in direct opposition to prevailing teaching practice, where lectures are the dominant way of teaching. To overcome the loss of interest in Biology among students, action is needed immediately. Bridging the gap between students’ perspectives on and opinions about good teaching practice and actual teaching practice should follow three tracks: the first one involves changes to the syllabus in such a way that less is more; the second one requires rewriting of manuals and textbooks, and the third is a change in the teaching practice of individual teachers. If for the first two teachers can find the excuse that this is outside their sphere of competence, there can be no excuse for avoiding immediate changes in teaching techniques.</style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">123-134</style></section></record></records></xml>