ABSTRACT The study investigated the nature, access and use of instructional materials in kindergartens in the Atwima Nwabiagya District in the Ashanti Region. Specifically, the study sought to identify the nature of instructional materials that are available and accessible in kindergartens in the district, determine the extent of use of instructional materials by the kindergarten teachers in the district, find out the challenges in the availability and accessibility of instructional materia...
ABSTRACT This thesis is a report on a comparative study of diagrams and models used as teaching aids in teaching atomic orbitals in senior secondary schools (SSS). An orbital represents a three-dimensional ,volume of space around an atomic nucleus, where electrons arc found. Diagrams of orbitals in textbooks and on teachers' chalkboards appear in two dimensions, making visualization difficult for students. Three second-year elective chemistry classes in different schools in the Cape Coast Mun...
ABSTRACT This work sought to use Contextual Bible Reading, where the text (1 Cor. 14: 34- 40) was read with ordinary readers (women’s groups) to find out what meaning they derive from the text. In preparation for the Contextual Bible Reading, a textual analysis of 1 Cor. 14:34-40 was done. The research went on to establish the implications of the text on the churches with regard to their doctrinal standpoint including the decisions of church councils or General Assemblies of the churches co...
ABSTRACT The farmer and nomad conflict in the Agogo area seems to be more and more severe which has led to loss of lives and destruction of properties. The severity of the farmernomad conflict has precipitated a number of conflict management methods in controlling this protracted conflict in the Agogo area, but to no avail. Therefore, this study sought to examine why the various conflict management methods adopted to control the conflict have not worked and explore the community perspective...
ABSTRACT Pedagogy of the Oppressed was written decades ago to expose unequal power relationships which result in oppression among humanity. It further introduces critical pedagogy as the antidote to deconstructing oppression. Using the qualitative approach to inquiry, the study employed the phenomenological design to solicit the views and ideas of the 2018 Postgraduate Sandwich Students of the Communication and Media Studies Department and investigated how their behaviours have been transform...
ABSTRACT This thesis examines question formation in Sɩsaalɩ, a member of the Grusi sub-group of the Gur languages (Naden 1988) spoken in the Upper West Region of Ghana and some parts of Burkina Faso. I discuss the syntax of polar, alternative and content questions. Two strategies for the formation of polar questions are identified which are the phonological and syntactic strategies. While the former involves the phonological strategy of falling intonation, the latter uses the question p...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess factors influencing job satisfaction of teachers in the Adiembra Circuit of the Atwima Mponua District in Ashanti Region of Ghana. A descriptive survey design was employed for the study. A questionnaire was also used to gather data. A total of 108 teachers in Adiembra Circuit in the in Atwima Mponua District were selected for the study by using the proportionate stratified sampling and simple random sampling techniques. The data was anal...
ABSTRACT This thesis presents some phonological processes in Amenfi and Fiase dialects of Wassa. Wassa is one of the unwritten and least studied languages in Ghana. The language belongs to the Niger Congo language family. The study is cast within the theoretical framework of autosegmental phonology. The approach applied in this dissertation is qualitative. Data for the analyses are drawn from both primary and secondary sources. The phonological processes discussed in this work include vowel...
ABSTRACT Translation as a discipline may be perceived in two ways: first, this may be executed solely as a professional activity; second, it may be done as a means of learning a foreign language. A foreign language, for example, French may be acquired through the activities of translation. Over the years, it has been observed that final year students in French as Foreign Language still perform very poorly in translation, particularly, when translating from English into French. A careful perus...
ABSTRACT Ghana has various mechanisms to ensure that good relations exist between employers and employees at places of work. Such mechanisms include the Labour Law, Department of Labour, National Labour Commission (NLC), the Trades Union Congress and other ratified ILO labour conventions. Despite the availability of all these institutions to maintain peace and harmony at workplaces, the problem of labour disputes still exist. The study sought to investigate industrial disputes and conflicts r...
ABSTRACT Given the increasing relevance of radio in education, this thesis is an effort at examining the place of campus radio stations in educational broadcasting in two tertiary institutions in Cape Coast. Data was collected with the aid of questionnaire and semi-structured interview guides. The questionnaires were administered to students in the two tertiary institutions and the semi-structured interview guide was used for the management the two institutions and the staff of the radio stat...
ABSTRACT This study examines the coverage in online news portals of female spouses of presidential candidates during the campaign prior to the 2016 general elections. The study sought to uncover the ways in which the female spouses were portrayed through the lens of framing theory, gender and social constructivism. The study used qualitative research approach and employed content analysis as the design with document analysis as the data collection and analysis technique. A total of 1252 par...
ABSTRACT This work seeks to find out the causes of language contact in the Gbi Dzigbe community. It is also to identify the languages that are in contact with Gbi Dzigbe Dialect of Eʋe (GDDE), and whether those languages have had any effect on the GDDE, if they have, what effects have they had the on the GDDE. Data was collected through observation and interview. The indigenous people of Gbi Dzigbe (GD) were used. The study showed that Gbi Dzi Traditional Area (GDTA) is a multilingu...
ABSTRACT Reading is one of the basic skills that a child has to master during their first school years to be able to assimilate new knowledge and skills in future. The aim of the study was to explore factors that contribute to reading difficulties among primary five learners and the challenges faced by teachers in teaching them how to read. The sample comprised sixty (60) participants drawn from the Salvation Army Primary School in Apam. The study employed the qualitative research design base...
ABSTRACT The study explored the academic performance of students from broken and intact home in senior high schools in the Nkoranza South Municipality of the Bono-East Region of Ghana. The study was guided by the Family Deficit Model, Social Exchange Theory and the Theory of Social Network Paradigm. The study was a mixed method which was guided by the Sequential Explanatory Mixed Method design. It was underpinned by the pragmatic paradigm. Multi-phase sampling and Census techniques were u...