ABSTRACT The Computerized School Selection and Placement System introduced in Ghana is yet to fully realize its usefulness as there are still elements of influence in the placement system far from the raw scores. The increasing level of inefficiencies therefore requires an investigation into stakeholders‟ perception on the CSSPS and its ability to resolve the challenges of the manual placement system. The study adopted a mixed research design involving the administration of questionnaires t...
ABSTRACT This study examines the suitability or otherwise of the National Theatre of Ghana and the Efua Theodora Sutherland Drama Studio (E.T.S Drama Studio) at the University of Ghana, taking into account what these structures entail as theatre spaces for productions. This research then became significant because the researcher realised not much documentation has been done on these structures especially in terms of what each possesses and what it does not. Hence this study seeks first to fil...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the parental attitude towards female-child education in the Kintampo North Municipality. Respondents were two hundred and forty (240). This consists of thirty (30) teachers, one hundred students 190 students and twenty (20) parents. Two methods of data analysis were adopted, first, descriptive statistics involving the use of frequency, percentages and pie chart were used to present the data use to present data collected. The frequency was then...
ABSTRACT Seeking to project and promote the Ghanaian identity and culture through women, TV3, a private television in Ghana has since 2007 introduced its flagship programme Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB). A comprehensive deconstruction of the show reveals appreciable level of efforts put in by the producers to project and promote the Ghanaian culture in some aspects such as costume designs and dance performances. However, that commendable effort is quite negligible in the area of set design. ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the dominant frames used to portray dancehall artistes and the rationale for such frames on blogs. This research, through the lens of framing and agenda setting theory, and anchored on a case study design interrogates articles from three purposively selected blogs on two purposively selected dancehall artistes. Findings from the study showed that the selected artistes had been presented in the frames of inspirational, prim, prominence, dissociation, prolific, chari...
ABSTRACT This study primarily aimed to investigate management practices that are used to manage teachers, students, material resources and stakeholders’ in the underperforming junior high schools and to examine the management practices that affect teaching and learning activities. The study also aimed at recommending strategies for improving management practices in the underperforming junior high schools in the Atwima Nwabiagya district. The research consisted of a mixed method approach and...
ABSTRACT This is a qualitative study that analyzed errors in the written essays of form two students of Ghana Senior High School in Tamale. The study sought to find out the types and causes of errors in the written essays of students in the Senior High Schools. The data used for the analysis of the errors comprised written essays of the students in form two. From this, a total of 2,128 errors were identified from two essay topics. seven error types were identified and they include concord err...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess teacher motivation and its effect on students’ academic achievement, focusing on public junior high schools in the Atwima Mponua district. The objectives of the study were to establish how teachers feel when motivated on the job, determine teacher motivation and its effect on the academic achievement of pupils in basic schools of the Atwima Mponua District, and to find out the best motivational packages that promote teacher productivity. The ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to explore the significance, challenges as well as effects of English as a medium of instruction in Colleges of Education in Ghana. A mixed method design was used for the study. Questionnaires, in-class observation and interview schedules were employed to collect data, using purposive and simple random sampling. Findings revealed that the significance of studying English language include promoting the internationalization of universities, improving employability pro...
ABSTRACT This dissertation explores the symbolisms of sound and silence in a ritual code of silence in the Hɔmɔwɔ festival as commemorated by the Ga people of Teshie. The dissertation further explores the ritual code’s impact on the festival’s traditional musical performance and how together, they renew the social-political and religious lives of the Teshie community. The Ga ritual code of silence, has been (and continues to be) described as ‘ban on drumming and noise-making’, and ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of using English Language as a medium of instruction in the Mabang Senior High Technical School. The study was basically a crosssectional descriptive survey involving the quantitative and qualitative approach. Structured questionnaires, interviews and observation were used to gather the data and the results were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages. A total of 150 respondents were selected random...
ABSTRACT It is widely accepted that in all societies, personal name practices and cultures are intertwined (Ngubane and Thabathe, 2013). However, this reality is more pronounced in the African society where personal names are not just appellations bestowed on individuals to identify them in the community but rather words that reflect the world view of the people. This is also applicable to the Bιrfor people of Ghana. Among the Bιrfor, the name-giver chooses a name that truly not only identi...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out how teachers manage instructional time at Adventist Senior High School in Kumasi. The main objectives of the study were to find out the effectiveness of teachers instructional time management at Adventist Senior High School, assess the challenges teachers face in managing instructional hours at Adventist Senior High School, and suggest strategies that could be adopted by the teachers to improve the use of instructional hours at Adventist Senior High in th...
ABSTRACT The ability to identify, understand and interpret non-verbal cues makes communication among people high quality and successful. In this study, special attention is paid to nonverbal communication in the classroom, with emphasis on the non-verbal behaviour of teachers. The main purpose of the present study was to examine the role of nonverbal communication in preschool classroom interactions with a view to looking at how the adult can develop positive ways of responding to and using n...
ABSTRACT This study surveyed teachers perception and utilization of educational trip in teaching Social Studies in Senior High School in Biakoye and Kpando Districts in the Volta Region of Ghana. Four research questions guided the study: 1) What is the perception of teachers regarding the concept of educational trips and experiential learning? 2) How are teachers motivated towards the use of educational trips in teaching Social Studies? 3) To what extent are the challenges confronting teacher...