الصعوبات التعليمية في تدريس مناهج العلوم الحديثة كما يراها معلمو المرحلة المتوسطة في منطقة العاصمة التعليمية في دولة الكويت

Abstract EN

This study aims to identify the educational difficulties in teaching science in the intermediate school in Kuwait.

This study also aims to identify the effect of gender, academic degree, and teaching experience on the teaching difficulties science teachers face.

The sample included 125 students and data was collected using the educational difficulties in science teaching questionnaire.

It contains 46 questions in the following categories: formulating objectives and daily planning, educational aims for teaching science, science curricula and textbooks, science teaching strategies, student evaluation, in- service teacher training self develop-ment, and applying the science practical activities.

The results showed the presence of statistically significant differences of the main difficulties that face teachers in teaching modern science.

These difficulties are in the field of in-service training, followed by the implementation of the practical activities of the curriculum.

The results showed that there was no statistical significant differences attributable to the variables of gender and years of experience and teachers’ qualification.

The study also showed that there are significant differences in the order of difficulties in terms of their importance attributed to the variables of sex, qualifications and years of experience.