ABSTRACT The main thrust of this study was to find out the determinants of career choice among Senior High School students in the Sunyani West District in the Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. Descriptive survey design involving the quantitative approach was used for the study. A sample size of 297 (with 96% return rate of 285) students were selected for the study using a multistage sampling procedure. A self-developed questionnaire was used for data collecti...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of utilisation of skilled delivery service (SDS) by pregnant women at health facilities in the Central Region of Ghana. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used to conduct the study. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to sample 1100 pregnant women. Questionnaire was used to collect the data after pretesting was done and the collected data were analysed using frequencies,...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate teachers‟ attitudes towards persons with disabilities in inclusive schools within Ada East District. The study adopted a mixed research approach, which utilized cross sectional survey as a design with semistructured interview and questionnaire as data collection instruments. A sample of 90 participants (39 males and 51 females) were conveniently sampled. Quantitative data for the study were analysed using descriptive statistics and perc...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to find out the status of decentralization of educational administration in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District in the Central Region of Ghana. The sample for the study was made up of 245respondents selected from the District Education Office, 50 schools and 50 School Management Committees (SMCs). This consisted of 146 teachers, 48 head teachers, 47 SMC chairpersons and 4 officers of the district education office. The purposive and simple random samp...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to ascertain teachers’ views on vocational training programmes for students with intellectual disabilities in Catholic Special Vocational School, Fijai-Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana. The study employed a case study as it design and the approach was based on qualitative research methodology. Four research questions were raised to guide the study. The instruments were made up of observation; documentation and semi-structured interview to gath...
ABSTRACT Vocabulary knowledge is one of the leading indicators of a student’s ability to comprehend a text. With this in mind, it is necessary that English language teachers in every content area, search for best practices in vocabulary instruction that will benefit students in comprehension. The purpose of the study was to assess effective teaching of vocabulary learning in English language at t...
ABSTRACT The Ministry of Education (MoE)/Ghana Education Service (GES) requires all mathematics teachers to use manipulative materials to teach mathematics in Junior High Schools (JHSs) because they have the potential to demystify learning of the subject. The study was designed to examine the use of manipulative materials in teaching mathematics among junior high school teachers in the Wa municipality of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Three instruments, namely,questionnaire, interview guid...
ABSTRACT This study looked at how shop owners and artisans at Kokompe, in Sekondi - Takoradi Industrial Area managed safety in machine shops. The study employed a case study as its research design. The population consisted of shop owners, factory inspectors, and artisans (auto body builders and welders). The sample size of ninety - six (96) comprised twenty - one (21) shop owners, one (1) factory inspector and seventy - four (74) artisans totalling ninety - six (96) purposively selected ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the contribution of physical facilities to the teaching and learning in pre-schools in the Techiman North District of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The study adopted descriptive research with a concurrent mixed method design. Seventy-five respondents consisting of 60 teachers and 15 attendants were sampled for the study. The study employed systematic sampling, simple random sampling and convenience sampling techniques in sampling the partici...
ABSTRACT This study is a descriptive survey, which sought to investigate the relationship between leadership styles of basic schools head teachers and school climate in Ahafo Ano North District. Five research questions were formulated to guide the study. A total of 90 respondents, comprising 18 head teachers and 72 head teachers in the Ahafo Ano north district were involved in the study. The main research instrument used to collect data was que...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to ascertain the level of job satisfaction among senior staff of the University of Cape Coast. Stratified random sampling was used to select 317 senior staff made up 156 males and 78 females from a total population of 632. Data were collected using an adapted questionnaire that had been prepared by Bame (1990) for a previous study on teacher motivation.The study revealed that the senior staff o...
ABSTRACT This study examined the use of Basic Education Comprehensive Assessment System/School Education Assessment (BECAS/SEA) mathematics tests and its results in promoting learning of Mathematics in our basic schools. It also ascertained whether or not educational workers make use of the SEA results in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) municipality to improve teaching and learning in the municipality. The researcher administered questionnaires to fifty-two (52) teachers, ten (10) hea...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the economic viability of using human waste at the Kumasi landfill site at Dompoase for generating biogas as a domestic fuel. With regards to the possibility of Turning Human Waste into Wealth, the results revealed that; methane gas can be trapped from human waste discharged at the landfill, 82.2% of respondents agreed that they would use gas obtained from toilet without further thoughts and also use fertilizer derived from human waste on their farms. The rat...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the effect of Cooperative Learning (CL) approach on achievement in some selected topics in physics. It also aimed at finding out their perception about cooperative Learning. Two control groups (class sizes 25 and 35) totaling 55 and two treatment groups (class sizes 25 and 35) totaling 55 were used. The study design was quasi-experimental with, pretest-intervention and post-intervention tests on the two groups (treatment and control). Four instrument...
ABSTRACT Little is known about the basic school Language teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge and their Classroom Teaching Practices. Through interview and observation, this qualitative case study sought to examine and unearth the Pedagogical Content Knowledge and the Classroom Teaching Practices of basic school English Language teachers in the Assin South district. A total of 10 basic school English Language teachers were purposively selected for the study. Data collected wa...