ABSTRACT The study assesses the competency base of the teacher trainee in the writing of composition in Ghanaian language. Data were collected from sampled elective Ghanaian language teacher trainees from four Colleges of Education in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. Questionnaire, teacher trainees’ class exercises and structured interviews were the instruments used to collect the data. Frequencies and percentages were used to analyse the d...
ABSTRACT Effective instructional time management is crucial in the running of schools. With this in view, an assessment was conducted into the instructional time management of public Junior High Schools in the Mampong Municipality. A sample of 235 respondents made up of 207 teachers and 28 headteachers was used. Three instruments, including a self-administered questionnaire, observation and interview guides were used for data collection. The instruments were pilot tested on 13 headteachers ...
ABSTRACT The study was a case study designed to examine students’ views on improving discipline in a College of Education and its implications on guidance and counselling in Colleges of Education. A sample population of 244 students was selected to respond to a questionnaire. The data were analysed using frequency and percentage. The study revealed that students viewed the concept of discipline as punishment which was generally perceived as severe. Punishment in the College included withdr...
ABSTRACT Community participation in the provision of basic education was given government backing as a means of bringing the school and the community closer. By this the community was expected to compliment government’s effort in the provision of basic education in the communities. A descriptive survey was used to investigate community participation in the provision of basic education in the New Juaben municipality. Questionnaire was the main instrument used to collect data for the study. A...
ABSTRACT The study investigated teachers’ perception of the impact of instructional strategies on pupils with reading difficulties in selected districts in the Central Region of Ghana. A concurrent embedded mixed method design was used for this study. Proportionate stratified sampling procedure was used to select ninety-five (95) upper primary teachers. The response rate was 100% representing 95 teachers. Data were collected using a questionnaire and interview schedules Statistical tools us...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess the support offered by the community for girl child education in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese district of Ghana using the descriptive design. The instrument used for the study was questionnaire which comprised Likert scale type questions. A sample size of 364 respondents was drawn from adult members of the community comprising Traditional Leaders, Teaching Staff at the District Education Office, Non-Governmental Organizations, Development Partners, Faith-Base...
ABSTRACT This study explored students’ and teachers’ perceptions of integrated science topics in the JHS (1-3)integrated science syllabus. It compared the perception of students’ with that of their teachers’ with the hope of ascertaining whether the perceptions do exist.The study also explore if gender and school location had any bearing on the performance of the students in relation to integrated science topics. The survey method was employed where questionnaires was administered to ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the implementation of School Based Assessment in KEEA district in Central Region. The quota sampling procedure was used to select 200 basic school teachers in ten basic schools for the study. Five research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Questionnaire was used for data collection for the study. The Cronbach’s coefficient alpha for the questionnaire was 0.85. The results showed that to a great extent, teachers agreed that, they have knowledge abou...
ABSTRACT The study sought to track the concerns of primary school teachers in the Cape Coast Metropolis about the 2007 educational reform in Ghana within the framework of the Stages of Concerns dimension of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model developed by Hall, Wallace and Dossett in 1973. Data were gathered from three hundred and sixteen (316) private and public school teachers in the Cape Coast Metropolis of the Central Region. Results indicated that teachers have high concerns at personal, m...
ABSTRACT Teacher participation in decision-making at the teacher training colleges promotes a good atmosphere for administrative work and also enhances teaching and learning. However, most teachers were not involved in decision-making at the teacher training colleges. The purpose of this study was to find out whether teachers were involved in decision-making process. The research design used was descriptive survey. The study sampled the opinions of tutors and principals regarding decision-mak...
ABSTRACT In Nigeria, sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) production, marketing and utilisation have expanded beyond the traditional areas of the central and riverine zones to the humid, sub-humid and semi-arid regions in the last two-and-a-half decades. The national production figures reported by FAO showed a rapid increase in production and area harvested in the 1390s, surpassing two million tonnes harvested from more than 300,000 hectares annually by the end of the decade. However, estimates of s...
ABSTRACT The intention of this study is to improve the Christian Religious Studies curriculum. It presented difficulties encountered in order to support implementers with findings from the field. Many of such research have used traditional models for evaluation: Objective based models, Goal free evaluation models, experimental evaluation models and many more. The Context Input Process Product (CIPP) evaluation model was used in this study to evaluate the Christian Religious Studies curricul...
ABSTRACT ABSTRACT This study examines games and sports as indicators to physical and mental development of the visually impaired individuals using the survey design. Subjects for the study were randomly selected from two schools in Oyo and Lagos States. A set of questionnaire W
ABSTRACT Mathematics is a core and compulsory school subject from primary through the senior secondary school level. Reports from examination bodies have shown that the mean score of Bayelsa State pupils’ achievement in mathematics is below average. This has been attributed to the lecture instructional strategy being adopted by the teachers of the subject. Therefore, game- and poem-enhanced instructional strategies have been recommended to improve mathematics instruction at the primary sch...
ABSTRACT Many school heads who work for meaningful student involvement in the running of their schools find that there are significant barriers to validating the opinions, ideas, knowledge, and experiences of students in order to improve their schools. These barriers can be seen as challenges that encourage students, teachers and administrators as well as schools to grow and flourish in new and exciting ways. This research seeks to identify some of the challenges that the students, school a...