ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of Parent-Teacher Association members towards the enhancement of the academic performance of students who record lower attainment in Badu in Tain District. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative research approaches where cross-sectional survey design was combined with phenomenology. Through purposive, stratified and simple random sampling techniques, 81 respondents (48 students, 18 parents, 12 class teachers and 3...
ABSTRACT This study is about inclusive education in two pilot schools in Manya Krobo District. The methodology utilized was qualitative. It mainly involved the use of interviews and observation as the method for data collection.In all 31 respondents were conveniently sampled for the study and were made up of 12 teachers and 19 pupils from four different categories of disabilities. Analysis of the data revealed that the teachers had no idea about inclusive education. The teache...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the knowledge and competencies of students with visual impairment in the University of Educagtion, Winneba about information and communication technology (ICT). The study adopted the case study research design, where 33 students with visual impairment were randomly sampled from a population of 88 students with visual impairment. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to analyse the data. The results of the study indicated that the partic...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the challenges students with visual impairment at the University of Education, Winneba encounter while participating in academic and social activities. Sixty two students with visual impairment were purposively selected for the study. A case study research design was used for the study in which questionnaires and observations were the main instruments used in collecting data for the study. The quantitative data collected were fed into the Statistical Package...
ABSTRACT This research was designed to investigate the factors affecting efficacy of assessment centres in assessing children with special educational needs in Winneba, Hohoe and Accra centres. One of the major research questions that guided the study examined the material and logistics used in assessing children with special educational needs in the assessment centres. One hundred and twenty respondents sampled took part in the study. Structured questionnaires and interview guide were used t...
ABSTRACT The WAEC Chief Examiners’ Reports in Ghana have repeatedly lamented the weakness exhibited by most Chemistry students in IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds in the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. This study was a step to determine the knowledge level of some Chemistry students in IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds. A cross-sectional survey was adopted to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. In all, 245 SHS4 Chemistry students selected from ...
ABSTRACT The study explored vocational training programmes and employment opportunities for students who are deaf at Bechem School for the Deaf in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Four research questions guided the study. A case study research design was adopted for the study. A sample size of 25 respondents comprising 12 instructors, 8 students and 5 graduates of the school were involved in the study. Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select the sample size for the st...
ABSTRACT The case study research design was used to guide the study. The sample size for the study was 21. Purposeful and random sampling techniques were used to select the sample for the study. Observations and interviews were used to collect data for the study. The data were analyzed using frequency counts involving simple percentages presented on Microsoft excel worksheet and content analysis technique using themes and data from respondents. The results revealed that pupils with vis...
ABSTRACT The point to which caregivers are satisfied with the care they receive for themselves and their children from the health professionals, has increasingly become an issue for all stakeholders concerned with improving health outcomes. The Salvation Army Community Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Centre Agona–Duakwa, provides rehabilitation services to children with cerebral palsy and for their caregivers. These caregivers mostly seek these services to address the problems of their chi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to explore the level of social inclusion of pupils with intellectual disabilities at Adukrom Methodist Basic School in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Qualitative method and case study were used to guide the study. The sample size for the study was 21 students with intellectual disabilities, and data were collected using interview and observation. The purposeful sampling technique was used to select the sample size. Data were analyzed using themes and data...
ABSTRACT This study was a case study designed to find out the teachers’ approaches for teaching reproductive health education to adolescents with hearing impairments at Ashanti school for the deaf, Jamasi. Views were sampled through semi structured interviews for teachers on one -on- one basis and semi – structured interviews for students in focus groups. The teachers’ were observed in the classroom for twenty minutes three times each for two weeks. The students were also observed...
ABSTRACT This study is about inclusive education in two pilot schools in Manya Krobo District. The methodology utilized was qualitative. It mainly involved the use of interviews and observation as the method for data collection. In all 31 respondents were conveniently sampled for the study and were made up of 12 teachers and 19 pupils from four different categories of disabilities. Analysis of the data revealed that the teachers had no idea about inclusive education. The teach...
ABSTRACT This study examined the issues emerging from the inclusive practices in three pilot Basic schools in Agona Swedru Township in the Central Region of Ghana. The study considered teacher collaborations with parents who had children with special educational needs and other specialist, teacher preparation and experience, availability of resources and equipment and the physical environment of the inclusive schools under study. The reliability co-efficient of the instruments used in this ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the perception of both teachers and students on the factors contributing to hearing impaired students’ poor academic performance in St. John’s Integrated Senior High/Technical School for the Deaf, Navrongo, Ghana. The descriptive survey research design was adopted and purposive and convenience sampling techniques used to select a sample size of 92 for the study. A self-structured questionnaire and semi-structured interview guides were used for data colle...
ABSTRACT This phenomenological study explored the social and academic experiences of students who are deaf at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW). Fourteen deaf students who are deaf were purposively sampled from a population of 36 students. Data were gathered through a semi-structured interview guide. Data were coded and analysed using thematic approach. Results of the study indicated that students who are deaf had varied social experiences. Whereas some preferred being at the same ...