ABSTRACT The study examined the link between livelihoods, poverty and environmental degradation in the SissalaEast District of the Upper West Region. Available literature shows that, the region is one of the poorest in Ghana and agriculture isthe main livelihood. The main data collection methods employed were household interviews, focus group discussions and library search. The study covered 90 respondents selected by simple random sampling, purposive sampling and systematic rand...
ABSTRACT The study explored the influence of reading on the writing of students in selected Junior High Schools in the Adentan Municipality. The objectives of the study were to explore how reading influenced the vocabulary span of students, the influence reading had on paragraph development of students, and to identify the difficulties students encountered with writing if they do not read. To achieve this, a convergent parallel design was adopted. This design enabled the researcher to adopt a...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Tema Newtown, a suburb of Tema Metropolis in Ghana to investigate the food safety practices and hygiene among homemakers. The study sought to assess the knowledge level of homemakers in food safety and hygiene, investigate the practices of homemakers in handling food and identify the measures that can lead to improved food safety practices. The study used quantitative descriptive survey and selected 70 homemakers using systematic random sampling. Data co...
ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of violent demonstrations on academic performance in senior high schools, using TI Ahmadiyya Senior High School as a case study. The study was descriptive using a sample size of 210 respondents comprising staff, parents and students. Data was collected using questionnaires and analyzed using the SPSS. The study identified the following as factors contributing to violent demonstrations in senior high schools: Inadequate infrastructure, Inade...
ABSTRACT This work deals with Dagbamba work songs and themes that depict the philosophical life of the people. Twenty songs were collected from the field as primary data transcribed and translated into English. The songs were grouped into categories, that is, songs related to farm work and house works, both being analyzed descriptively and analyzed within the context of Richard Bauman’s (1975) theory of performance as the songs were taken as performed on the field. It became known from the...
ABSTRACT The study sought to ascertain the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in teachers‟ Leadership for Learning within Aboabo Educational Circuit. The researcher sought to: found out whether a significant relationship existed between teachers‟ intrinsic motivation and Leadership for Learning within Aboabo Educational Circuit, establish whether correlation between teachers‟ extrinsic motivation and Leadership for Learning within Aboabo Educational Circuit is significant,...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of motivation on the job performance of teachers in the Suame Sub-metro of the Ghana Education Service in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The objectives of the study were to identify the motivational packages for Junior High School teachers in the Suame sub-metro, find the factors that motivate Junior High School teachers and to assess the perceived impact of motivation on Junior High School teachers’ performance. The study u...
ABSTRACT This research examined the forms of communication between teacher unions and their members in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area. The study aimed at identifying the various communication media used by the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), and the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) in interacting with their members. The researcher employed a qualitative in-depth interviews and a purposive sampling size to collect data from four executives ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the factors enhancing teacher motivation in public junior high schools in Suame Municipality in Ashanti Region. Specifically, the study was to determine the extent to which head teacher fairness enhance motivation of teachers, the extent to which remuneration enhance motivational level of teachers and to determine the extent to which students discipline behaviour affects the motivational level of teachers in Suame municipality. The st...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate solid waste management in theAdenta Flat Community in the Adentan Municipality. Specific objectives of the research were to:(i)describe the state of solid waste disposal in the Adenta Flat Community.(ii)examine the attitudes of the residents of Adenta Flat Community towards solid waste disposal (iii)identify the causes of poor solid waste disposal in Adenta Flat Community and(iv)examine the effects of poor solid waste management ...
ABSTRACT The study of signs in public sphere either in writing or in symbolic forms is termed as linguistic landscape. Landry and Bourhis (1997) for the first time coined and defined the notion as “the language of public road signs, advertising billboards, street names, place names, commercial shop signs and public signs on government buildings combines to form the linguistic landscape of a given territory, region or urban agglomeration” (p.22). The intention behind this research work i...
ABSTRACT Job satisfaction is an important indicator in predicting stability in organizations, and it is well explained by understanding motivation. The purpose of the study was to identify factors influencing job satisfaction among nurses at the Cape Coast Metropolitan Hospital. The study was conducted among 85 nurses of whom 80 responded. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from the participants. Data was analyzed using Statisti...
ABSTRACT The future success of children depends on the household they grow up in, and parents are the first point of contact for children. Evidently, when one parent is absent, a gap is created as the child loses the support that would have emanated from both parents. Education is a great equalizer in Ghanaian society and is seen as a tool for national development. The role of parents is to support and enrich the educational processes, safety and health of their children. The interest of t...
ABSTRACT This research sought to investigate the factors that contribute to effective teaching and learning in the public senior high schools in Bantama Sub-Metro in the Kumasi Metropolis. The target population for this study comprised of all senior high school teachers in the study area. Out of 342 teachers, 118 of them were randomly selected to participate in the study. Out of this sample selected, 105 representing 89% participated in the study. The study was conducted with quantitative r...
ABSTRACT In our everyday activity, language plays a tremendous part in our daily interaction with each other. Arguing, taking position and making judgment happens daily in our interaction with one another. The need for stance expression and making the position of a speaker clear about what they are discussing is well documented in the literature (Biber, 2006; Kelly & Bazerman, 2003; Hyland, 2005; 2008; Molino, 2010; Myers, 1989; Williams, 2006). This thesis examined the stance markers used in...