ABSTRACT With the establishment of democratic cultures in Africa, the need for a deeper appreciation and application of the communicative functions (as the fundamental principles of rhetoric) which the linguistic choices of a political speaker are able to generate within a particular social context is not only essential but also critical. This study explores the illocutionary acts performed in Presidential Inaugural Addresses (PIAs) by some Ghanaian presidents of the 4th republic and th...
ABSTRACT The issue of ensuring at construction firms remains a critical concern that every construction firm needs to adhere to. The progress and productivity of work output are greatly achieved when safety measures are instituted and observed at the workplace. The study sought to investigate safety practices of construction firms in the Accra Metropolis. A total number of 128 responded to the study out of the sample size of 150. The sampling technique used for choosing the sample s...
ABSTRACT This study sought to identify the challenges teachers and students face in the teaching and learning of basic electronics in the Jirapa Municipality of Ghana. Descriptive survey was employed and questionnaire was the instrument used to collect data on thirteen science teachers and one hundred and sixty-one 2018 BECE candidates. The teachers were also given an amplifying electronic circuit to connect. The study revealed that; lack of electronic components, insufficient practical kno...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the approaches teachers use to teach daily living skills to pupils with visual impairments at Akropong School for the Blind. The study was mainly qualitative and adopted a case study design. The study used purposive sampling technique and semi-structured interview guide to gather data from 10 participants. The findings revealed that hand-over-hand technique; hand-under-hand method, and peer tutoring were approaches teachers used to tea...
ABSTRACT This study explored some of the difficulties students face when learning Chemistry in the Science Colleges of Education. The study was prompted by the students‟ poor performance in their first and second semester examinations. The main purpose of the study therefore, was to identify some of the difficulties the students face when studying Chemistry and also look at the practices that would enhance their study of the subject. The study was also aimed at finding out whether th...
ABSTRACT The study sought to explore Upper Primary and Junior High School mathematics teachers’ perceptions and practices of classroom assessment in the Gomoa East District in the Central Region of Ghana. A mixed method sequential explanatory study was undertaken using Mohamad’s (2009) conceptual framework (Classroom Assessment Process). A survey was first conducted using the Classroom Assessment Conception Instrument to gather quantitative data on the respondents (n = 289). Quanti...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate challenges that newly trained teachers face at their hrst stations in baisic schools. Since the role of the teacher in human resource development is very valuable, anything that adversely affects his/her performance should not be left" to chance. Purposive sampling t"ecJmique , was adopted in selecting both headteachers and the newly trained teachers for the study. All the eight "educational circuits in the AVlUtu-Efutu-Senya District were cover...
ABSTRACT One of the basic grammatical rules often abused by basic school students is that regarding the use of grammatical concord. Thus, many JHS learners are challenged in the appropriate use of grammatical concord which obstructs communication. In this regard, the study explored students’ use of grammatical concord and the associated semantic effects among JHS students in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The theoretical arguments of this study are grounded in the syntactic theory, the referen...
ABSTRACT Support services are expected to be provided by management bodies to make the teacher work better. The study aimed at finding out the extent the District Education Office (DEO), the District Education Oversight Committee (DEOC) represented by the District Assembly, the traditional authority and heads of government departments in the district, the School Management Committees and the Parent Teacher Associations (SMC/PTA) are working to support the teacher. The study covered 40 schoo...
ABSTRACT Teachers have great responsibilities in the development of an educational system, sharing in curriculum development, producing materials for teaching and learning and participating in the design and administration of new forms of educational assessment. Efforts to manage and support teachers are therefore critical in improving the quality of teaching and learning. The study aimed at examining the roles teachers play in achieving school goals, teacher management and support services...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to assess the extent to which the practice of environmental education conforms to the theory and the influence of some background variables (gender, type of senior secondary school (SSS) attended, office held in the college and residential location) on the environmental knowledge and attitudes of teacher trainees in Nusrat Jahan Ahmadiyya (NJA) Teacher Training College, Wa, in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It was a case study conducted using questionnaire ...
ABSTRACT Job opportunities for women in technical fields have remained relatively unexplored. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore and identify the factors considered by women technicians and artisans to be militating against their participation in technical and engineering related occupations which are male dominated. The instruments used in the study were questionnaires and interview schedules. The respondents comprised women employees in technical organisations, self employ...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the dissertation was to identify the factors which attract female teachers into the basic schools of the Kumasi Metropolis. Respondents for the data collection comprised 72 teachers, 12 heads of basic schools and 2 officers in charge of postings and transfers in the Kumasi Metropolitan Education Office. The research questions that guided the study were probes into the factors that enticed female teachers in the Kumasi Metropolis, factors preventing female teacher...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to examine the nature of guidance and counselling administration, to find out the types of guidance and counselling services administered in the colleges, the role of tutors as well as the challenges associated with the administration of guidance and counselling services in colleges. The research design adopted for the study was a descriptive research design. A total of 269 respondents made up of 224 students, 45 tutors including the guidance and co...
ABSTRACT Low Job Involvement (JI) of civil servants has impacted negatively on individual and organisational goal achievement in the civil service. Low JI has brought about low productivity which eventually affects the rates of economic growth and development. Previous studies have largely focused on JI in the private enterprise with associated personal variables with little attention on combined organisational and individual factors. This study, therefore, examined the extent to which organ...