ABSTRACT The study was conducted in the Ashanti Mampong Municipality. It investigated discrimination against women and/or abuse of women in churches through doctrines and practices by mainline (orthodox) and non-orthodox (Pentecostal and African indigenous) churches. This was a mixed-method sequential explanatory design which employed the phenomenological approach. Hundred (100) respondents comprising the clergy and laity were sampled via simple random, and proportional stratified sampling ...
ABSTRACT Curriculum/instructional objectives are considered the “crux” and “key” of the entire process of teaching and learning. The more clearly and precisely instructional objectives are stated, the more will one be to obtaining precise data on the outcome or result of the instructional process. The study specifically explores the influence of graduate teachers‟ knowledge base of Social Studies curriculum/instructional objectives on their assessment practices in the Suhum Munici...
ABSTRACT Local community participation has been identified as a key factor in tourism development globally. This study sought to explore the participation of local people of Wli Traditional area in ecotourism. It further assessed the extent to which local people benefit from ecotourism activities in the area, while the efforts made by the local Tourist Management Team and other relevant authorities to empower local residents for maximum participation were also assessed. The study was a Case ...
ABSTRACT Each election year and in almost every local and institutional elections, the issue of vote buying surfaces. Vote buying has almost become part of every election in Ghana. While the menace is on the increase, it is unclear whether votes bought translate into votes for the buyer or the buying party. This work sought to investigate whether the incentives given to voters affect voters’ decisions at the polls. It also looks at whether Ghanaians are conversant with the laws and legisla...
ABSTRACT Widowhood cultural practices in Africa in general and Ghana in particular has been subjected to criticisms the world over to the extent of describing it as dehumanizing, torturous, cruel and outmoded, and for that matter calling for its abolishing. This study aimed at finding out the nature and the effects of widowhood rites as practised among selected Akan communities in the Akuapem-South municipality on the widows who go through those rites. The sub-themes that guided the study w...
ABSTRACT Globally, education has been recognised as a human right since the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948. It has since been affirmed in numerous global human rights treaties, instruments, and documents including the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Conventions against Discrimination in Education, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (UNESCO & UNICEF, 2007). The Topic- Newspaper Repor...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at determining teachers’ perception of Social Studies and how they teach the subject at Junior High Schools in Berekum Municipality of Brong Ahafo Region in Ghana. Four research questions guided the study: 1, what are the perceptions of Social Studies teachers about the nature of Social Studies? 2. What are the techniques employed by social studies teachers? 3. What is the nature and purpose of Social Studies curriculum at the Junior High School? 4. What is the...
ABSTRACT This study examined the possible relationship between the academic performance in the Core Subjects of the 3rd and 4th year students who sat for the 2013 WASSCE in Asuom Senior High School. The design used by the researcher for the study was a comparative research design which adopted the quantitative approach to analyse the data. The test results for the performance of students in Social Studies indicated that the number of years spent by a candidate in school has an association wi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine student’s disciplinary problems in the Obuasi Secondary Technical School. The main objectives were to explore the sources of disciplinary problems, the impact of disciplinary problems, and the coping strategies adopted by school management in managing disciplinary. The mixed method approach or the pragmatist paradigm was used while explanatory sequential mixed method design was used as a research design. The study population was 341 student...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted in the Ayawaso East Sub-Metro in Accra. It assessed the effectiveness of DOVVSU in the promotion and protection of the rights of children. This purely descriptive study adopted the quantitative and qualitative paradigms using the mixed-methods sequential explanatory design. Two hundred and twenty (220) respondents comprising 121 JHS pupils, 22 teachers, 55 parents and 22 DOVVSU officials were sampled through simple random, proportionate quota, and purposive ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine environmental sanitation attitude among residents of Amanfrom. Specifically, the study focused on examining environmental sanitation attitude, environmental sanitation behaviour, determinants of poor environment as well as the effects of poor environmental sanitation on residents of Amanfrom. The study adopted a mixed methodology by combining interviews, questionnaires and field observation in the data collection processes. The population fo...
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 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...
ABSTRACT The concept of microfinance has become an important poverty alleviating tool in many parts of the world. This study was therefore conducted to assess the role of microfinance in poverty alleviation among women in Ablekumah South Sub – metro in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to obtain a sample size of fifteen women for the study. Data was collected through interviewing participant...
ABSTRACT The Worst Forms of Child Labour is regarded as one of the most serious problems of human rights violations in the contemporary world. This study was conducted in three cocoa farming communities in the Amenfi West District namely Koduakrom, Wasenma Camp and Mmrakrom. The study aimed at exploring the phenomenon of Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL) in cocoa production. The objectives of the study were, to identify the nature of WFCL in cocoa farms, identify factors that push children...