ABSTRACT The purpose, of the study was to find out teachers attitude towards the teaching and assessments of affective outcomes in Social Studies in selected Junior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The research design employed was the descriptive survey. Four zones in the Cape Coast metropolitan area namely OLA, Bakano, Abura and Cape Coast out of the eight zones in the metropolis were selected. Each zone is made up of a maximum of ten basic schools. The four zones selected gave a t...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the perception of Social Studies tutors in the public Colleges of Education in Ghana towards the integration of ICT in teaching and learning Social Studies. A descriptive survey design was used to conduct the study. Stratified sampling technique was used to select 130 Social Studies tutors from public Colleges of Education in Ghana for the study. However, a response rate of 92% was achieved in this study because out of a total of one hund...
ABSTRACT This study examines kindergarten teachers’ perceptions of classroom management strategies in managing kindergarten pupils. The study employed concurrent mixed method design, underpinned by the pragmatic philosophical thought. Data were collected in two phases using a four-point Likert-type questionnaire and observation schedule. At the quantitative phase, a questionnaire was administered to teachers while the qualitative phase involved observation and interview of class teachers. ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to look at Conflict Management and Resolution between Headmasters and teachers in Senior High Schools in the Ahafo–Ano North District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Data was collected from a sample of 72 teachers out of the population of 122 from the two Senior High Schools in the district. The administration of a questionnaire was followed by an interview schedule. The analysis of data involved the use of descriptive statistical methods, particularly...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to find out the factors that are perceived to facilitate students’ mathematics learning and their performance at the J.H.S. level. The study was conducted in the Cape Coast Metropolis in the Central Region of Ghana. Five research questions were raised to guide the study and a descriptive survey design was used. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling were used to select 311 participants for the study comprising 225 students, 30 teachers and 56 parent...
ABSTRACT The study looked to investigate the effects of social media on literacy development among pupils in junior high schools. The study was aimed at finding pupils’ perception about the nature of literacy, identifying major social media network sites and their mass usage among pupils as well as the effects of social media and social networking sites on pupils’ language learning and literacy development within the context of sociocultural and social learning theories. To achieve the ...
ABSTRACT The study looked to investigate the effects of social media on literacy development among pupils in junior high schools. The study was aimed at finding pupils’ perception about the nature of literacy, identifying major social media network sites and their mass usage among pupils as well as the effects of social media and social networking sites on pupils’ language learning and literacy development within the context of sociocultural and social learning theories. To achieve the ...
ABSTRACT The study sought the possibility of integrating Social Studies with Science in Colleges of Education in Ghana. Many educators have perceived the necessity for a paradigm shift toward interdisciplinary teaching. As mentioned by Campbell and Henning (2010), knowledge today is becoming more interdisciplinary and integrated, which calls for interdisciplinary and integrated learning in public schools. The main purpose of the study was to explore the integrated curriculum approach to the ...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of study was to investigate junior high school pupils’ conception of linear inequalities in one variable in ‘Have’ Circuit of the Afadzato South District in the Volta Region of Ghana. Specifically, the study sought to examine pupils conceptions of linear inequalities, to identify the benefits pupils derived from understanding linear inequalities concepts in mathematics and to identify conceptual change in male and female pupils learning outcomes in linear ineq...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to delve into factors which influence job satisfaction among teachers in both private and public basic schools within the Ho municipality of the Volta Region in Ghana. Methods applied were descriptive survey, and the purposive and random sampling to select respondents for the study. In all, 200 teachers were involved. Questionnaire was used to collect the data which was analyzed by simple percentage and represented in tabular forms. The study revealed tha...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of Junior High School science teachers’ curriculum knowledge on pupils’ performance. Theory of teachers’ knowledge and constructivist learning theory formed the framework that guided the study. The study used a mixed methods design, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative techniques to collect data. The sample consisted of 59(12 females and 47 males) public Junior High science teachers. A questionnaire on science teachers’ curriculum...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the determinants of academic achievement of students in public junior high schools in the Effutu Municipality. Specifically, the study sought to investigate how teacher-related factors, school environment-related factors, studentrelated factors, and home-related factors determined academic achievement of students in public junior high schools in the Municipality. The study, which was based on Bronfenbrenner’s (1989) Ecological Systems Theory, was underpinned...
ABSTRACT This study sought out to investigate the influence of illegal mining on school attendance, dropout and academic performance of junior high school pupils in the Atwima Kwanwoma District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, a convergent mixed method design was employed. The sample size for the quantitative study was 105, comprising 70 pupils and 35 parents. In the qualitative phase, a sample size of 8 comprising 4 pupils and 4 parents were emplo...
ABSTRACT The study sought to explore Upper Primary and Junior High School mathematics teachers’ perceptions and practices of classroom assessment in the Gomoa East District in the Central Region of Ghana. A mixed method sequential explanatory study was undertaken using Mohamad’s (2009) conceptual framework (Classroom Assessment Process). A survey was first conducted using the Classroom Assessment Conception Instrument to gather quantitative data on the respondents (n = 289). Quantitativ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the knowledge and practice of differentiated instruction by primary school teachers in the Mampong municipality of Ghana. The study employed a sequential explanatory design within the mixed method approach. The study employed stratified sampling technique to select a sample of 135 primary school teachers from Mampong municipality of Ghana for the quantitative study and from which 9 teachers were selected for the qualitative study. The researcher used ...