ABSTRACT This study offers a systematic socio-pragmatic discussion of politeness strategies in Dagbani, a Gur (Mabia) language belonging to the Oti-Volta branch in the Niger-Congo family. The work focuses on both linguistic and non-linguistic strategies that are employed in the language for the coding of politeness. It employs Brown and Levinson’s notion of ‘face’ as the theoretical framework. The study explores some key thematic areas, which include the correlation between power an...
ABSTRACT Communication strategy has become an indispensible element in organisational success. The effectiveness of organisation’s communication, however, is deeply rooted in the strategy it employs to disseminate information among its publics. Non -governmental organisations equally deploy communication strategies to engage its publics. This study investigated the communication strategies employed by three Non-governmental organisations. The study utilised qualitative research approa...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate school culture and its effect on the academic performance of junior high students of the Asuofua D/A cluster of schools in the Atwima Nwabiagya District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The objectives of the study were to find out factors that constitute the school culture in junior high schools, identify factors that influence students achievement in junior high schools and to find out the relationship between school culture and stude...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the perceptions of the people in the Techiman traditional area about gender inequality and poverty. The study was motivated by the fact that not enough literature is available on the subject in Ghana and the Techiman traditional area in particular. The major issues the research investigated were socio-cultural structures and institutions that promote gender inequality in Techiman Traditional Area, people‟s perceptions about these socio – cultural structures ...
ABSTRACT This study had a general purpose of determining how the leadership styles adopted by of headmasters influence teachers’ performance in senior high schools in the Kwadaso submetro. The objectives of the study were to identify the leadership styles employed by headmasters at the Kwadaso Sub-Metro, determine the impact of head masters’ leadership styles on Senior High School teacher’s performance, find out the challenges head masters’ leadership style pose on teachers’...
ABSTRACT This research sought to investigate the factors that contribute to effective teaching and learning in the public senior high schools in Bantama Sub-Metro in the Kumasi Metropolis. The target population for this study comprised of all senior high school teachers in the study area. Out of 342 teachers, 118 of them were randomly selected to participate in the study. Out of this sample selected, 105 representing 89% participated in the study. The study was conducted with quantit...
ABSTRACT Malnutrition continues to be the single most important challenge to governments in achieving the SDG- 2 target by 2030. To this effect, the aim of the study was to assess the nutritional status of „under-five‟ children in rural areas particularly in the Asante Akim North district. Quantitative and qualitative research design was used for the study. The population used was mothers with children under five years of age living within the study area who attended Child Welfare Cl...
ABSTRACT Human Resource Development (HRD) is important for organizations in achieving higher performance. Human Resource Development is the frameworks for helping employees develop their personal and organizational skills, knowledge, and abilities. The purpose of the study is measure effect of Teachers Resource Development on school performance at Jomoro Municipal. The study employed descriptive and correlational. The study was conducted using sample of 60 teachers in the Jomoro Municip...
ABSTRACT Studies indicate that the major area of students’ writing problems in English language relates to the violation of English language concord rules. Concord rules are taught at all levels of education in Ghana, but sadly, most Senior High School students have great challenges in making their sentences concordant. The students of Ghana Senior High school, Tamale, are no exception. The study sought to identify the peculiar concord problem areas of Ghana Senior High School students, ...
ABSTRACT The Local Government system in Ghana has gradually extended its boundaries in terms of its capacity as in governance and application of communication. This study is to determine the communication modes used in the Local Governance System in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly in its interactions with the Local people in the Community. A qualitative approach based on the case study design was used for the investigation. Data were collected and analysed using in-depth interviews and foc...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of female head teachers’ leadership behaviour on teacher efficacy in selected public basic schools in Sagnerigu District in the Northern Region. The study used descriptive research design. Questionnaire with closed-ended items were used to obtain information for the study. The targeted population for this study comprised all the 17 female head teachers and 170 teachers who have females as their heads in the public ba...
ABSTRACT The study was to evaluate work-life balance of SHS female teachers. The purpose of the study was to investigate how SHS female teachers in the Kumasi metropolis manage their work-life balance in terms of attaining career progression. The design that was employed for the study was the descriptive survey design. The instrument used for the study was a survey questionnaire. These structured, closed-ended questionnaires were therefore administered to SHS female teachers in selected...
ABSTRACT This study explores the way cohesive patterns are distributed in expository essays of students in Evangelical Presbyterian College of Education, Bimbilla, and compares the relationship between the occurrence of the devices and text quality. The study further describes and explains the problems encountered by the students in creating cohesion and the causes of the problems. The current research adopted the sequential exploratory mixed research approach involving text analysis, sem...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out tutors perception on the current appraisal system. Three research questions were raised to give direction to the study. Descriptive design was employed for the study. The target population comprised tutors and Principal of the Colleges of Education in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. Simple random sampling was used to select the tutors. The Principals were selected through the purposive sampling technique. A sample size of 1...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the scientific publications in academia, and the role of librarians. Libraries are the major channel for storing; disseminating; and preserving scientific publications and contribute to the research performance of individuals and institutions. They are the most enduring feature of the academy and central to the values and practice of scholarship. The study aimed at exploring the services, research support facilities offered by librarians to faculty members at t...