Abstract

• The primary purpose of this research is to study pedagogical knowledge for creating a learning environment in the selected schools of Kyaiklat Township, Ayeyarwady Region. A total of 110 lower secondary science teachers from selected Basic Education Schools participated in this study. The level of pedagogical knowledge and the variation of pedagogical knowledge of lower secondary science teachers for creating a learning environment were explored. Quantitative approaches were applied in this study. Questionnaire was developed by the researcher based on the related literature. The reliability coefficient (Split-half) was 0.88 for the questionnaire to explore the pedagogical knowledge of lower secondary science teachers for creating a learning environment. Descriptive statistics, IPC (Item Percent Correct), MPC (Mean Percent Correct) were employed for the analysis of quantitative data. In interpreting the MPC and IPC values, 1to 49% is considered as unsatisfactory level, the value between 50 to 74 % as fairly satisfactory and the value 75 to 100% as satisfactory. According to the total mean percent values, most of the lower secondary science teachers had satisfactory level of pedagogical knowledge for creating a learning environment.