ABSTRACT In recent times, teaching and learning at the basic schools leaves much to be desired. Lateness, absenteeism and misuse of instructional time by teachers have been the order of the day. The fundamental purpose of the study therefore was to find out whether an effective monitoring system will improve supervision of basic schools at Agona-Ashanti. Some of the research questions used include the following which people are responsible for supervision and how do they understand supervis...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the human resource development (HRD) practices of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and Valley View University (VVU). The study was a descriptive survey and two sets of questionnaire with Cronbach’s alpha of .91 for T & D officers and .61 for academic and non academic staff and interview guide were used to gather data. The study involved 491 participants comprising 397 from the UCC and 94 from VVU. The Mann Whitney U test was used to dete...
ABSRACT Social Studies as a subject is meant to involve pupils in meaningful learning activities to develop good citizenship and attitude to make informed decision on social matter. However, literature abounds that Social Studies is taught in schools using lecture methods which do not promote values and rational habits. This could be attributed to the fact that few studies have been carried out in the area of training of teachers to develop moral education programme. One of the ways by which...
ABSTRACT Biology is a compulsory subject for pre-degree science students in Nigerian universities; however, a decline in students’ performance in practical biology has been observed. Previous studies focused on strategies of teaching practical biology with little attention on animation and video-based flipped strategies. This study, therefore, determined the effects of Animation-based Flipped Classroom Strategy (AFCS) and Video-based Flipped Classroom Strategy (VFCS) on pre-degree students...
ABSTRACT This paper examined information literacy as catalyst to transforming the information society. The required information literacy skills - Task, definition, Information seeking strategies, Location and access, Use of information, Synthesis, and Evaluation (TILUSE) are discussed. Information Literacy skills training at the University of Ibadan Library, Nigeria is discussed.
ABSTRACT The primary purpose of university libraries is to support teaching, learning, and research in ways consistent with, and supportive of, the institution's mission and goals. In addition, library resources and services should be sufficient in quality, depth, diversity, and currency to support the institution's curriculum. As a result of this, university libraries are often considered the most important resource center of an academic institution. However, university education in Nigeria ...
ABSTRACT Human resources are the most important and valued factor-input upon which every organisation achieves its desired goals and objectives; hence every organisation should ensure that employees‟ work values and expectations, known as Quality of Work-life (QWL) are always met and improved. However, QWL of an average Nigerian worker has been described as poor and low with negative consequences on their morale, commitment, efficiency and productivity; besides it has been attributed to em...
ABSTRACT Junior secondary school students‟ achievement in Basic Science in Oyo State seems not to be encouraging, a trend attributed partly to persistent usage of teacher-centered instructional methods. This necessitates the adoption of students-centered instructional strategies such as the active review and practice-invention strategies. The effectiveness of these two instructional strategies in the teaching of Basic Science has however not been properly documented. This study, therefore,...
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of government activities (delineation of dumping sites, provision of bins and transportation facilities, environmental policy formulation, advocacy, establishment of regulatory agencies) and psycho-social factors (attitudinal disposition, aesthetic values, neighbourhood appreciation, income, family/unit size, cultural affiliation, academic qualification, knowledge and awareness of environmental education) on solid wastes management behaviour in Sout...
ABSTRACT The importance of Physics in the development of science and technology has been emphasised in the literature. However, the enrolment and achievement of students in senior school certificate examination over the years keep dwindling as a result of the problem of selection of inappropriate and ineffective strategy of instruction and the abstract and practical nature of the subject, despite series of efforts of Physics educators and researchers aimed at addressing the issue. Thus, this...
ABSTRACT It is difficult to imagine how life would be if we were not receiving or giving out information. Human existence is said to depend on the receiving and giving out of information generally referred to as communication (Sekyi-Baidoo, 2000). Communication could also be defined as the process of transmitting information from a sender to a receiver and the receiver responding appropriately to the message. In inference, communication requires all parties to understand the common language ...
ABSTRACT Maternal health literacy has been identified as key predictor of maternal healthcare service utilization. The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in maternal health literacy between women residing in rural and urban areas of the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem district. The study employed a cross-section correlational design. Respondents included 448 women of childbearing ages residing in rural and urban areas selected through compact segment sampling. Information on res...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the use of Life-Approach method of teaching Christian Religious Studies in Senior High Schools in the Brong Ahafo Region. To be specific, the study looked at the use of the method, problems associated with its use, instructional resources available to support its use and how teachers’ instructional practices conform to the Life-Approach method. The descriptive survey design was employed to carry out the study. The purposive and simple random sampling techniques ...
ABSTRACT The underlying objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the School Guidance and Counselling services in second cycle schools in the Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Data for the study was obtained through a survey using a questionnaire designed to elicit information on variables of interest. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the student respondents while purposive sampling technique was used to select the couns...
ABSTRACT The study‟s main purpose was to investigate the fair testing practices of a test developer and teachers in a district-mandated testing programme in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The research design adopted for this study was the multilevel mixed methods triangulation design. Critical case sampling technique was utilized in selecting 3 key informants and 9 test questions. Also, the two-stage cluster sampling technique was adopted in selecting 251 teachers from 162 public JHSs. The ma...