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...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate financial control practices in public second cycle schools in order to check whether there are financial irregularities in the use of school funds in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The study adopted cross-sectional survey with mixed methods design. Questionnaire and interview guide were used to collect data. The questionnaires were analysed using Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) version 20.0. The interviews were also analysed us...
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 teache...
ABSTRACT A building fabric is referred to as an “environmental envelope” because it is the means by which the natural or external environment may be modified, to produce a satisfactory internal environment for man to live in and affect the ability of the buildings to perform their functions adequately. The deterioration of buildings hampers its ability to perform adequately, thus it is important to ensure proper maintenance to prevent deterioration. Maintenance of public buildings in Sal...
ABSTRACT Before the introduction of the Music and Dance programme into the basic schools in Ghana in 1998, Music education had over the years been part of the Cultural Studies programme and had existed as a course of study in the then Secondary Schools with well defined objectives of producing a well balanced individual in the society. Music education nowadays has not been attractive to students nor to the teachers who teach it. The occasional changes which are meant to serve as corrective me...
ABSTRACT The study examined the managerial approaches towards the aggressive behaviour exhibited by the Basic School Pupils of the Offinso municipality. The respondents were sampled using stratified and purposive sampling techniques. They were chosen from four basic schools (B.S.3 through B.S.5) and was made of twenty (20) boys, twelve (12) girls, and twenty one (21) teachers. Anecdotal Record technique and questionnaires were the instruments used to gather data on the various respon...
ABSTRACT The number of inter-cultural marriages has grown significantly in the past few decades, as have the numbers of inter-cultural couples presenting for marital and family therapy. Current literature on inter-cultural relationships states that they are at a high risk for failure, with higher divorce rates and lower marital satisfaction reported than for same culture marriages. Therefore, the study sought to explore ethnic-related challenges of couples in inter-cultural marriages in Elmi...
ABSTRACT This thesis examines the image of African women in a patriarchal society. The purpose of this research work is to find out how Buchi Emecheta uses this text to present African women, how Amma Darko uses her book to present African women, whether these two novelists present women differently or similarly and also to find out whether Emecheta and Darko present African women different from the way some male authors have presented women. The investigation was done through the use o...