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 ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate access to healthcare services among students with disabilities (SWDs) in Ghana. Specifically, the study sought to examine accessibility to physical structures of healthcare facilities to students with disabilities, examine the attitude of healthcare providers to SWDs, availability of support services for SWDs in the healthcare facilities and how healthcare service bills are funded by SWDs. I employed qualitative research design dwelling on ...
ABSTRACT The District Education Strategic Plan initiative adopted within the Education sector in Ghana emphasizes on the need for stakeholders’ participation in education planning process at the local or community level. The rationale behind this initiative was to cultivate and ensure stakeholders’ involvement and commitment in the management of education at local level to improve quality and standards. This study aims at assessing the stakeholders’ level of participation in the manage...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the strategies teachers use in managing children with inappropriate behaviours in selected basic schools in Sandema in the Upper East Region of Ghana. This study employed a mixed method research design to guide the study. The sample size was 36 respondents. Questionnaire in the form of a Likert-type scale was used to collect data for the study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistical methods. The results revealed that ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to investigate the vocational training programmes for persons with intellectual disabilities at the Dzorwulu Special School. A total sample of seven (7) respondents were selected with the purposive sampling strategy. Basically, the interview guide was the research instrument used in the study. The study found that there are different kinds of vocational training programmes for persons with intellectual disabilities in the Dzorwulu Special School. Som...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the learning approaches deaf students at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) adopt and their implications on the students’ academic performance. Data were gathered from 31 out of 41 deaf students. The participants were purposively sampled from level 200, 300 and 400. Data were gathered through ASSIST (1998) questionnaire and students’ academic records. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test and...
ABSTRACT This study analysed the academic performance of pupils with visual impairment placed on the integrated education programme in the Hohoe Municipality. The evaluation research design was employed for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the respondents for the study. A total of 50 respondents, comprising 20 mainstream teachers, 5 itinerant teachers, 25 pupils with visual impairment were drawn for the study. The instruments used in collecting data were semi- struc...
ABSTRACT This study was on the assessment of Inclusive Education Practices at Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong-Akuapem. Ethnographic research design was used which involved interviews, observation and document analysis as methods of data collection. A sample of 132 respondents made up of 35 tutors and 97 students participated as respondents for the study. Using purposive and simple random samplings, the data was analysed through thematic approach and verbatim responses of the resp...