ABSTRACT Every counsellor requires theoretical backing in carrying out counselling interventions. Thus, the study is initiated to apply the Accident Theory of career choice to workers in the Cape Coast Municipality. Four hundred and fifty respondents were sampled for the study, using the stratified random sampling method. A questionnaire was employed to collect data. The Cronbach alpha method was used to establish a reliability coefficient of 0.76 for the questionnaire. Frequencies, percenta...
ABSTRACT The study was an action research to help improve student participation in school administration in Navrongo Secondary School in the Upper East Region of Ghana, A sample of 109 students, consisting of 3 students from each class, provided data for the stud) . The instrument used to collect data for both the pre-intervention and Post intervention stages of the study was a questionnaire. The pre-intervention "as meant to determine the real nature of the problem envisaged as it existed b...
ABSTRACT This is a study into bullying practices in Senior High Schools. The main objective of the study was to examine the prevalence, types, motives and impact of bullying behaviour among Senior High School students in the Ajumako Enyan-Essiam District. The study was carried out in two schools; Bisease Senior High and Mando Senior High Schools. Descriptive survey design was used to guide the study. A population of 3,709 made up of first and second year students in the schools were used. Th...
ABSTRACT The study was a descriptive survey carried out to find the effect of parental child rearing style on self - esteem and school attendance of Junior High School students in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality. A sample of 340 students reported on their parents’ parenting style using Parental Authority Questionnaire. Data on self - esteem was collected using the Rosenberg Self - - Esteem Scale. A record of school attendance was taken from students’ school attendance registers from sampl...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the effects of participatory decision making on teachers of Bole Senior High School. The study used an action research design with 25 teachers involved in the pre-intervention, intervention and post-intervention stages of the study. A questionnaire was used to collect both the pre-intervention and post intervention data. The study indicated that participatory decision-making in Bole Senior High School helped teachers to not only to grow profes...
ABSTRACT This study attempted to find out the views of teachers and students on parenting styles and their effects on self esteem of children and to assess the extent to which the school environment was affecting the self esteem of children. The study was conducted at Tsiame Senior High School in the Keta Municipality. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select gender as a stratification variable. In addition, a disproportionate gender was used for the study. The main instrum...
ABSTRACT The teaching/learning of French as a foreign language in Senior High Schools in Ghana requires that the French teacher puts in place some measures to make the learner interact with others in French and also participate actively in the learning process. This study, therefore, attempts to describe some interactive strategies used by teachers of French to encourage learners to express themselves orally in the French language. Three lesson sessions are recorded at Holy Child Senior High ...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to find out how school environments, particularly teachers, contribute to junior secondary school girls‘ achievement and attitude towards mathematics. The study involved 262 girls from twelve (12) mixed and six (6) all-girls junior high schools and their mathematics teachers. An achievement test and questionnaires were the instruments used to collect data. The data from the achievement test and the questionnaires were analysed using the independent samples ...
ABSTRACT The study looked at the effectiveness of supervision in basic schools in the Obuasi municipality. It was found out that the two main forms of supervision namely internal and external are both practiced there and both need to be made effective as there are a number of challenges. The current state of supervision reveals that follow up visits, brief visits and intensive visits were being done well. Some factors affecting supervision on the negative side included the need to involve tea...
ABSTRACT In their quest to produce teachers who can teach ICT as well as integrate ICT into the teaching and learning enterprise, the Ministry of Education and Sports has introduced ICT studies into the curricula of Colleges of Education. This study was meant to find out how resourced are the Colleges of Education in Central Region of Ghana in their duty to train future teachers who can teach ICT and also be able to integrate ICT in the education venture. The study also sought to find out wha...
ABSTRACT The study was intended to find out the extent to which the Winneba community support the girl-child school attendance. It was specifically designed to find out the attitude of the Winneba community towards girl-child education. The basic research question that guided the study was: How does the Winneba community perceive girl-child education and what kind of support does the community provide towards girl-child school attendance? Questionnaire and interview schedules were prepared an...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the perceptions of teachers, head teachers and circuit supervisors on head teachers’ supervisory competence at the basic school level. It sought to find out whether and how head teachers are trained, how they are developed, how teachers and circuit supervisors perceive head teachers as being competent, how the head teachers perceive their own level of competence, and the support the head teachers receive from their circuit supervisors. The views of a to...
ABSTRACT The study was on supervision of basic school teachers in the Jasikan District in Volta Region of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to find out types of supervision carried out in the district, the type which was being emphasized, the type the teachers preferred and challenges that were confronting supervision. Ninety eight schools and the district education office were covered. In all 200 respondents were involved. Data was collected through interview and questionnaire. The statist...
ABSTRACT This thesis used the notion of life after death in the African traditional religion to create a picturesque or an imaginary ‘African classicism’ about the ancestors (Nananom Nsamanfo) coming out of their graves to dance. In addition, the concept of cultural return to roots has been used to blend Ghanaian traditional musical resources (tunes, rhythms, art, etc) and styles with scholarly compositional techniques. Within the present study, Asamanasaw is an instrumental composition f...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between the multiplechoice test construction competencies of senior high school teachers in the Kwahu-South District and the quality of multiple-choice test items they construct, as well as the effect of years of teaching on such relationship. To examine the relationship among the variables under investigation, the quantitative approach is employed using correlational research design. The total number of teachers that constitut...