ABSTRACT The study examines how the English language has been used by President John Dramani Mahama in three of his political speeches. The main focus of the study is to analyse the use of lexical items and the functions they play in political discourse from the stylistic perspective. The Linguistic and Stylistic Categories by Leech & Short (2007) and the Ideational metafunction in the Systemic Functional Grammar Theory by Halliday and Matthiessen (2014) are applied as theoretical frameworks...
ABSTRACT Functional literacy is an essential objective of primary education in Nigeria which equips pupils not only with reading and writing skills, but also with numeracy, communication, problem solving and application skills in daily life activities. The inability of many Nigerian primary school pupils to read, write, compute, comprehend and communicate effectively in English Language has been attributed to factors which have direct links with the implementation of the school curriculum an...
ABSTRACT The quest for decentralisation rests on the capacity to enhance grassroot participation in development programmes and community integration to facilitate even spread of developmental projects. In spite of the adoption of the decentralisation strategy, the physical and socio- economic conditions in most of these communities in Kwara and Osun states do not seem to have improved significantly. Previous studies had focused more on impacts of decentralisation on ethnic conflicts and sece...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the origin, meaning and motivation of the names of the principal settlements of the Anlo state and the morphological processes involved in the formation of the names. It classified also the names with appropriate conclusions. The research design used for the study was the descriptive survey. The population for the study was the chiefs, elders and people who had knowledge about the history of the settlements. The purposive and snow ball sampling techniques we...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out female student’s access and participation in Sports and to suggest appropriate measures that address the challenges that militate against female’s participation in secondary school sports in Zamse Senior High technical form 1 and 2. The objectives were to; find out female students knowledge about the importance of sports to their health and well-being, explore major challenges that affect female students’ access and participation in Sp...
ABSRACT Physical activity should help improve muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and cardiovascular endurance, as well as serves as a vehicle that helps children establish selfesteem and strive for achievable, personal goals. Improving the quality of physical education is necessary to achieve potential health-benefits in the child and adolescent populations. A calculated shift to national standards will provide teachers with a timely opportunity to examine the direction of their o...
ABSTRACT The research sought to find out the art of the discharged mental patients who were once inmates of the Kumasi rehabilitation centre Cheshire Home Edwenase, who were taught art activities in textiles by the researcher and has been discharged to their respective communities. The scope of the research was limited tothe art of the discharged mental patients which involves a follow up of some selected discharged mental patients who were once inmates in theKumasi Rehabilitation Centre (Ch...
ABSTRACT The study examines the approach used by teachers of Core English language to teach the core English language curriculum in Bompeh Senior High School, in the Western Region of Ghana. Specifically, the study focused on the academic qualifications teachers of the Core English language curriculum possessed, how topics were arranged in the syllabus, the method used by these teachers to teach, the teaching and learning materials they used during the teaching and learning process. A case st...
ABSTRACT This thesis emphasizes an alternative instructional tool called “Concept Map”. Concept map has been applied in a variety of fields, including instructions, learning, curriculum development, and assessment. Researchers have determined that, concept maps serve as an effective tool in the traditional classroom. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of concept map to enhance the teaching and learning of Cell Biology in Senior High Schools one students. The resea...
ABSTRACT The real world is not static, coupled with movements in building, there is a potential for cracks to occur in building. It is essential that all building have adequate capacity to enable the foundation soil to hold the forces from the superstructure without undergoing shear failure or excessive settlement. It was against this background that the study investigated into the various causes of cracks in the buildings at Dagmew and Sabon Zongo Residetial areas of the Upper...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to examine the instructional supervisory roles of Circuit Supervisors in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region. This was a qualitative research underpinned by the interpretive paradigm. The design for the study was case study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 1 Director of Education, 7 Circuit Supervisors, 5 headteachers who were chairmen of Conference of Heads of Basic schools and 7 of their Assistant heads. Data was gathered using se...
ABSTRACT The pre-test, post-test small group control experiment with an element of descriptive survey study was used to examine the effects of group learning on college students’ understanding of chemical concepts in science. The study was conducted at Bagabaga College of Education, Tamale. A total of 102 first year students were used for the study. Test and survey questionnaire were the main instruments used for the study. These consisted of Chemical Concepts Achievement Pre-t...
ABSTRACT This study, a descriptive survey, explored how effectively the mentoring programme of the Teacher Training Colleges was being carried out in basic schools in the Mfantseman and Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese districts. The subjects in the study were tutors and teachers –trainees of OLA Training College Cape Coast, head teachers and teachers in the two districts. It involved a sample of 274 people drawn from OLA Training College who were practising in selected schools from the two districts...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out student’s difficulties in circle theorems and the use of Geometer’s sketchpad, an interactive geometry software, to overcome their difficulties. The design for the study was an action research which involved 45 students purposively selected at Konongo - Odumasi SHS. Two main instruments, questionnaire and tests ( pre-test and post-test) were used in data collection. The questionnaire was used to elicit teacher’s perception of circle theorems in mat...
ABSTRACT Counselling services delivered by a professional to hearing impaired individuals will help them solve their problems and deal with issues, disregarding their special disability problem. This study was undertaken to assess the counselling needs and counselling services provided for hearing impaired students. The study examined the knowledge students have about counselling, its services and its importance, the various counselling needs that hearing impaired students have and the nature...