ABSTRACT The study investigated the effects of study and self-reward skills counselling on study behaviour of students in Ghanaian public universities. It was designed to achieve two major objectives. Firstly, it was to determine the effects of study and self-reward skills counselling on study behaviour and its five dimensions namely time management, concentration, consultation, note taking, and reading and library use. Secondly, the research was intended to ascertain the difference in the...
ABSTRACT The study focused on female participation in tertiary education in the Tolon-Kumbungu District in the northern region of Ghana. The main objective of the study was to assess factors which affect female access to and participation in tertiary institutions in the district. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. The sample size for the study was made up of 86 respondents. These comprised 23 female school drop outs, 36 teachers and 20 parents. The data collection instrumen...
ABSTRACT Motivation of workers is a very important aspect in the work force of any type. Teachers like all other workers need to be motivated to enable them function effectively and efficiently in their profession. The purpose of the study was to identify the factors which influence teacher job satisfaction in the Armed Forces Schools in Kumasi. In particular, the causes of teacher job satisfaction, effects of teacher job satisfaction, the relationship between gender as well as the relationsh...
ABSTRACT The study focused on comparing the efficiency of the Decomposition (conventional method) and Base Complement Addition (non-conventional method) using two randomized groups of pupils. The comparison was done on measures of speed, accuracy and retention. In all, sixty pupils (thirty from each school) were selected from St. Peter’s and Jesus Cares Preparatory Schools at Dunkwa Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana. The researcher used simple rand...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the leadership styles of polytechnic principals as perceived by polytechnic teachers and find out whether there was any relationship between the perceived principals' leadership styles and polytechnic teachers' job satisfaction. From a population of 484 polytechnic teachers, a random sample of 260 was surveyed. The Leader Behaviour Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) was used to measure the leadership style of the principal while the Mohrman-Coc...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the challenges teachers in the Eastern Region of Ghana encountered when they visited their various District Education Offices to seek solutions to their problems. The study also sought to find out Management's challenges with regard to unacceptable behaviour and attitudes exhibited by some workers at District Education Offices. The sample for the study comprised 10 district directors, 40 frontline officers, 400 teachers and 150 workers at dist...
ABSTRACT In trying to expand the modern post-tonal music practices and techniques, using traditional idioms, this work is focused on Apatampa dance music (a recreational dance of the Fante people in the Central Region of Ghana) in an original composition named ‘The Fruits of Apatampa.’ The study seeks to explore the rhythmic resources of Apatampa dance music in a contemporary art composition. It blends new trends in contemporary art compositions with traditional drum idioms found in Apata...
STRACT The purpose of the study was to examine student participation in the administration of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale. Areas investigated were student participation both at the University level; factors students felt impeded their participation; and what they perceived to enhance their participation in the management of UDS. The views of some Deans and Hall masters were sought. The study was a descriptive survey. The sample consisted of 297 student leaders of the ...
ABSTRACT This study examined the reading habits of children in private and public schools. The study centered on two categories of schools - the Prince of Pea~e Academy, Madina for private schools and the Madina Estate JSS for public schools. The sample consisted of 50 pupils from each school. The questionnaire method was used to carry out the research. Questionnaires were administered to 100 pupils from the two schools. The findings of the study revealed that the respondents from Princ...
ABSTRACT Reading skills are vital to successful learning in all school subjects. Students with learning disabilities are known to have difficulties in reading. Studies have been carried out on the usage of conventional methods in improving the comprehension skills of students with learning disabilities, but not much has been done on the use of metacognitive and direct-instructional strategies. This study, therefore, investigated the differential effectiveness of metacognitive and direct-inst...
ABSTRACT Small scale farmers facilitate food production in order to play significant roles in stabilising economy and mitigate hunger in Nigeria. However, the level of productivity of these farmers in the South-western, Nigeria has been seemingly low; not keeping pace with the population growth rate. This trend has been partly attributed to inadequate access to or absence of agricultural information. Previous studies have concentrated more on delivery methods and the sources of agricultural i...
ABSTRACT Retirement is voluntary or involuntary withdrawal from active work role. It poses emotional problem to several people who are about to retire and even those who are still having many years to spend in service. Pre-retirement anxiety could, therefore, constitute psychological problems which, more often than not, brings about apprehension, maladjustment and social tensions. Past studies on retirement focused on mental health and influence of sociological factors, only few studies are ...
ABSTRACT Exposure to excessive noise level is capable of producing destruction of the hair cells due to vasoconstriction of the cochlea blood vessels and over stimulation of the hair cells as a response to the noise exposure, which in turn may reduce the nutrient and oxygen to the cells as well as, placing a great impingement on the occupational performances of the Industrial workers. The study examined the potential effect of excessive noise exposure on the auditory performance and health st...
ABSTRACT Access to higher education, in relation to the production cost, is a key policy issue in Nigeria. To realise the high developmental impact of higher education on the country, a good understanding of how higher education price is affected by production cost and subsidy is necessary. Previous studies have analysed pricing in federal universities without considering its relationship to production cost and subsidies. This study, therefore, investigated the extent to which production cos...
ABSTRACT The study of Literature-in-English is aimed at the complete development of the learner with respect to literary appreciation. To achieve this goal, effective teaching and learning of drama, poetry and prose are important. The reports from public examination bodies in recent times revealed a prevailing under-achievement in the subject. This has been attributed to students‟ poor performance in and attitude to the prose genre in particular. Previous studies focused more on the use of...