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TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING OF CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THEIR CLASSROOM PRACTICES IN THE KASSENA/NANKANA WEST DISTRICT..

ABSTRACT It is generally acknowledged that promoting teacher quality is a key element in improving primary and secondary education. It is also believed that one critical step to improving students’ achievement is by improving teachers’ knowledge, skills and disposition. Therefore the study sought to investigate teachers’ understanding of continuous professional development (CPD) and its relevance to their classroom practices in the Kassena/Nankana West District (KNWD). Ninety-three (93)...

SOME GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL ERRORS IN THE ENGLISH ESSAYS OF STUDENTS OF A.M.E. ZION GIRLS’ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WINNEBA..

ABSTRACT This study sought to analyse the grammatical and lexical errors in the essays of 60 purposefully selected Form 2 students of A. M. E. Zion Girls’ Senior High School in Winneba. The study identified grammatical and lexical errors committed in the English essays of the students and categorised the errors with a view to gathering perspectives on how the errors could be minimised. Two English language teachers and five students out of the 60 sampled were interviewed on their perspectiv...

THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INTO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BIOLOGY IN GHANAIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS ..

ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of integrating ICT on the teaching and learning of Biology in a Ghanaian Senior High School. The research was quasi experimental involving a post-test only non-equivalent control group design. The population of the study comprised all the Biology teachers and all Biology students in PRESEC, Osu. A purposive sampling method was used to select five (5) Biology teachers and ninety eight (98) SHS 3 Biology students. The instruments used for the collectio...

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SPORTS PARTICIPATION ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENT-ATHLETES AND NON STUDENT-ATHLETES IN OFFINSO COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to compare and ascertain whether participation or nonparticipation in sports has any influence on the academic performance of OFCE students. The study was intended also to find out whether there would be any difference between the academic performance of female student- athletes compared to non female studentathletes and lastly to study whether there would be differences between male studentathletes compared to malenon student- athletes. Forty student- at...

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY CURRICULUM: A STUDY OF CURRICULUM INTENTIONS AND CLASSROOM PRACTICE IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA..

ABSTRACT This study evaluated the classroom implementation of the Senior High School elective biology curriculum in the Central Region of Ghana. A cross-sectional descriptive survey design was used for the study. Three instruments were designed and validated for data collection; these were (i) Questionnaire (ii) Interview (iii) Observation Instrument (Barbados Workshop Instrument) as the main instrument for the study. The target population comprised all the public Senior High Schools in the C...

ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNICATION PRACTICES IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE KETA MUNICIPALITY

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the communication practices in the administration of senior high schools (SHSs) in the Keta Municipality. A descriptive survey involving the use of questionnaires was employed to solicit information from students, staff and headmasters of the schools. A questionnaire was designed to find out the communication tools used mostly in the administration of SHSs in the Keta Municipality. It sought to find out how subordinates (staff and students) com...

STAKEHOLDERS’ PERCEPTION ON EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPERVISION IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE OKAI KOI SUB-METROPOLITAN AREA, ACCRA

ABSTRACT The study was on stakeholders’ perception on the effectiveness of supervision in junior high schools within the Okai Koi Sub–Metropolitan area of Accra. It was specifically to ascertain the state of supervision in the schools, the type of supervision more emphasized and the one teachers like more. Eighteen junior high schools were used for the study. One hundred and forty four teachers comprising four males and four female teachers from each of the 18 selected schools took part i...

AN ASSESSMENT OF GUIDANCE PROGRAMMES IN THE NATIONAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE IN CENTRAL REGION, GHANA

ABSTRACT This study assessed the guidance programme as organized in the NVTI centres in the Central Region of Ghana. A descriptive survey research design was adopted to carry out this study. Through the use of the purposive and the simple random sampling procedures, 44 coordinators/teachers and 194 students were selected from the NVTI centres to participate in the study. A set of questionnaires were used to gather the requisite information from the respondents in order to answer the research ...

THE EFFECTS OF FISHING INDUSTRY ON ACADEMIC ATTENDANCE AND PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STDUENTS (A CASE STUDY OF ANOMABO)

ABSTRACT This study sets out to find the effects of fishing industry in academic attendance and performance of Junior High School. Students in selected schools in Anomabo the main objective is to identify the effects, problems and find solutions to them in other to help teachers improve their teachings, enhance pupils learning school attendance and performance in fishing community especially Anomabo. Tables of percentages were used to present and analyze the data collected. Qualitative was al...

FACTORS INFLUENCING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BASIC SCHOOL RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM

ABSTRACT The study explored both school and community-based factors that influence implementation of the Basic school Religious and Moral Education curriculum in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana. It was an exploratory survey study that adopted the sequential explanatory mixed method as a model. Six research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The population consisted of 515 people (446 teachers and 61 head teachers) with a sample size of 288. Data were gathered ...

THE PERCEPTION OF PARENTS, PUPILS AND TEACHERS ON THE EFFECT OF HOME ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MPORHOR WASSA EAST DISTRICT

ABSTRACT This study specifically attempted to find out whether academic performance among J.H.S 3 students, teachers and parents could be attributed to some home environmental factors such as parental encouragement, parental education, parental occupation, family size and learning facilities at home. The researcher employed the use of questionnaire and focus group discussion to gather data for this work. Out of the four hundred (400) respondents that were sampled from the five strata, three h...

STUDENTS PERCEPTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES OF HEADS OF SINGLE SEX SCHOOLS IN THE CAPE COAST

ABSTRACT In the Cape Coast Municipality, there are single sex senior high schools and co-educational senior high schools. The study set out to investigate how students in the single sex senior high schools perceived the administrative functions of the heads. The purpose was to examine how the heads of the schools played their administrative roles. The research employed a descriptive survey. Purposive and random sampling techniques were used to draw a sample size of 640 from five single sex se...

WORK-STRESS AND ITS MANAGEMENT AMONG SENIOR STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST

ABSTRACT The prevalence of job stress among academic and general staff of universities across the globe is increasing as a result of remarkable organizational changes taking place in recent times. The University of Cape Coast, in its quest to strive for academic excellence has made performance expectations higher which the staff must contend with. It was alerted by the University management that, some staff hardly go on leave and so, casual leave had become rampant among them. This study was ...

A STUDY OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELLING SERVICES OF PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC CHURCHES IN CAPE COAST METROPOLIS

ABSTRACT This study assessed family and marriage counselling services in Pentecostal and Charismatic churches in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The study employed the descriptive research design. Through the simple random sampling procedure, 40 churches were selected for the study. A counsellor, with the longest number of years in counselling was selected from each church. The data for the study were gathered with the use of questionnaires and analysed through the computation of descriptive stati...

AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF MAINTENANCE PRACTICES OF PUBLIC TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A STUDY OF SELECTED INSTITUTIONS IN GHANA..

ABSTRACT Many Ghanaian public tertiary institutional structures are often inadequately maintained and windows and doors and other building elements and facilities frequently show evidence of lack of maintenance and repair. Some lecture halls and office buildings of public tertiary institutions have not seen any significant maintenance or show little signs of maintenance since they were constructed, some dating back to the colonial era. Based on this, the study aimed at examining the maintenan...


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