ABSTRACT In Ghana there is a perception that female head teachers are not well prepared to deal with challenges and issues arising from the complexities of institutional management. This study examined the leadership roles and professional development needs of female headteachers in junior high schools within the Kumasi metropolis. Using the census sampling method, all the 40 female head teachers in the Kumasi metropolis were used for the study. Field data collection was done through the...
ABSTRACT Environmental sanitation has become a serious problem in the country. One area that has suffered from this problem is our beaches. Having a healthy beach environment promotes good living and development. Winneba is currently experiencing poor environmental sanitation at the beaches. The beaches of Winneba are filled with both plastic and solid waste. There is open defecation and indiscriminate dumping of refuse. The main purpose of the study is to examine the sanitation practices o...
ABSTRACT Social Studies, as a subject in the Junior High School (JHS) curriculum in Ghana, is taught mostly by diploma teachers from the country‟s 38 public Colleges of Education and graduates from other tertiary institutions. An out-and-out analysis of the Colleges of Education Social Studies curriculum vis-à-vis the JHS syllabus reveal differences in how the subject is structured and organised to prepare teachers to go and teach it at the JHS level. Thus, the aim of the study was to fin...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the perceived causes and effects of female student drop out in Ashanti Mampong Municipality. The study adopted a qualitative phenomenological case study design. The research population covered headmasters, female student dropouts, teachers, policy makers and parents. A sample of four (4) head teachers, four (4) ordinary school dropout learners and four (4) teachers, comprising of 2 males and 2 females, were purposively drawn from each ...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to assess the participation of teachers in the implementation of integrated science curriculum to enhance students’ academic performance in the Karaga Senior High School. Descriptive research design was used for the study. Quantitative research approach was used. The population comprised of science teachers (34 science teachers) and headmasters (2 headmasters) of Karaga Senior High School. Census sampling method was used to select all the 36 respo...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the act of teaching Agricultural science in the Junior High Schools after the implementation of the new education reforms in 1987. The study was a descriptive survey. The sample consisted of all the agricultural science teachers in the Assin North District of the Central Reg ion of Ghana. The result indicated that all Agricultural Science teachers in the district were professionals and experienced who were using ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Subject Conception and Efficacy Beliefs on the Teaching Effectiveness of Social Studies teachers. Specifically, the study focused on how teachers’ conception of Social Studies affects their sense of efficacy and ultimately their teaching effectiveness. The study adopted a non-experimental descriptive design to achieve its objective. The population for the study comprised of 52 JHS Social Studies teachers. In this study the ac...
ABSTRACT This is a qualitative study that analyzed common concord errors in the written tests of Tumu Senior High Technical School. The data used for the analysis comprised students’ written tests. From this, a total of 7156 concord errors were identified. Seven concord error types were identified and they include subject-verb concord errors, concord with indefinite expressions of amounts, determinant-noun concord errors, noun-pronoun concord errors, verb-tense concord errors, inverted su...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate poor reading among Basic Five Pupils of Kukurantumi Islamic Primary School in the East-Akim Municipality. Action research design was employed for the study. The study sample was made up 30 pupils. Test, observation and interview were used to solicit information from the respondents. The instruments covered three main aspects: reading difficulties of pupils, causes of reading inability of pupils and strategies to curb the problem. The data c...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors that cause poor performance of students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination in selected Public Junior High Schools in Mampong Municipality. The objectives of the study were to identify student related factors that contributes to poor performance of students in the BECE, ascertain home conditions responsible for the poor academic achievement of students in BECE and to find out school related issues that contribu...
ABSTRACT The study examined the link between livelihoods, poverty and environmental degradation in the SissalaEast District of the Upper West Region. Available literature shows that, the region is one of the poorest in Ghana and agriculture isthe main livelihood. The main data collection methods employed were household interviews, focus group discussions and library search. The study covered 90 respondents selected by simple random sampling, purposive sampling and systematic rand...
ABSTRACT The study explored the influence of reading on the writing of students in selected Junior High Schools in the Adentan Municipality. The objectives of the study were to explore how reading influenced the vocabulary span of students, the influence reading had on paragraph development of students, and to identify the difficulties students encountered with writing if they do not read. To achieve this, a convergent parallel design was adopted. This design enabled the researcher to adopt a...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Tema Newtown, a suburb of Tema Metropolis in Ghana to investigate the food safety practices and hygiene among homemakers. The study sought to assess the knowledge level of homemakers in food safety and hygiene, investigate the practices of homemakers in handling food and identify the measures that can lead to improved food safety practices. The study used quantitative descriptive survey and selected 70 homemakers using systematic random sampling. Data co...
ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of violent demonstrations on academic performance in senior high schools, using TI Ahmadiyya Senior High School as a case study. The study was descriptive using a sample size of 210 respondents comprising staff, parents and students. Data was collected using questionnaires and analyzed using the SPSS. The study identified the following as factors contributing to violent demonstrations in senior high schools: Inadequate infrastructure, Inade...
ABSTRACT This work deals with Dagbamba work songs and themes that depict the philosophical life of the people. Twenty songs were collected from the field as primary data transcribed and translated into English. The songs were grouped into categories, that is, songs related to farm work and house works, both being analyzed descriptively and analyzed within the context of Richard Bauman’s (1975) theory of performance as the songs were taken as performed on the field. It became known from the...