ABSTRACT Effective supervision has been identified by many as one of the most vital ingredients for promoting teaching and learning. ‘Relationship’ plays a critical role in the supervision process. Although the circuit supervisor’s handbook stressed collegiality between the circuit supervisor and the teacher, this is practically none existing. This obviously creates tension, conflicts and breeds supervision phobia teachers. The main challenge facing supervision in the schools therefore ...
ABSTRACT This is an investigative study into the causes of pupils‟ poor performance in Integrated Science in some selected Junior High Schools in the Anomabo Circuit of Mfantsiman Municipality of Ghana. The study took a look at the factors that might exist to hinder the performances of the pupils. The study adopted the descriptive method of qualitative research and data were collected with a set of questionnaire and an interview schedule and data from questionnaire were analysed using freq...
ABSTRACT A building fabric is referred to as an “environmental envelop” because it is the means by which the natural or the external environment may be modified to produce a satisfactory internal environment for man to live in, buildings do not provide guarantee for their appearance and working conditions and is always subjected to wearing, decay and filth. This research is conducted in Tamale metropolitan area specifically Sagnarigu District to assess maintenance of public buildings in...
ABSTRACT The point to which caregivers are satisfied with the care they receive for themselves and their children from the health professionals, has increasingly become an issue for all stakeholders concerned with improving health outcomes. The Salvation Army Community Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Centre Agona–Duakwa, provides rehabilitation services to children with cerebral palsy and for their caregivers. These caregivers mostly seek these services to address the problems of their chi...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Integrated Science teachers, how it influences their teaching of the subject and its impact on students’ achievement at the Junior High School level. The explanatory sequential mixed method design was used in this study. This is due to the fact that study was of quantitative priority where greater emphasis was placed on the quantitative method while the qualitative method played a secondary role. The resea...
ABSTRACT This study explores the compositional stylistic traits of C.W.K. Mereku through formal analysis of his choral works. It highlights the extent to which Mereku uses traditional idioms and styles in his compositions. Through descriptive research design and analytical approach, it was found out that Mereku usually has simple melodies and his usage of tunes to text in his compositions usually follows the speech surrogate or the sound culture of the owners of the language used. Furthermo...
ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of the Chale Wote Street Art festival in James Town in the Accra Metropolis of Ghana. A descriptive case study design was employed for the study and purposive sampling technique was employed to select the respondents consisting of 14 people: 2 festival Organizers, 4 Members of the Host Community, 2 Participating Artists, 3 festival Attendees, 2 Sponsors and 1 official from the Centre for National Culture were drawn for the study. The instruments used i...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the incidences of overweight and obesity among primary school children in Bomso and Weweso circuits within Kumasi Metropolis, based on their lifestyle and the dietary factors. The BMI was used to assess the incidence of overweight and obesity and then finally the parental educational influences on the BMI of the primary school children were also determined. The study adopted the descriptive survey design that employed both qualitative and...
ABSTRACT This study explored the academic challenges of students who are deaf at Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The case study research design was adopted for the study. Twelve students who were deaf were purposively sampled from a population of 32 students. Data were gathered through a semistructured interview guide. Data were coded and analyzed using thematic approach and verbatim expressions from the respondents where applicable. Findi...
ABSTRACT This study explored the academic challenges of students who are deaf at Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The case study research design was adopted for the study. Twelve students who were deaf were purposively sampled from a population of 32 students. Data were gathered through a semistructured interview guide. Data were coded and analyzed using thematic approach and verbatim expressions from the respondents where applicable. Findi...
ABSTRACT Cooperative learning is the instructional use of small groups of learners so that they work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning. This study investigated the use of cooperative learning to enhance the performance of upper primary pupils in science. A mixed method approach with a quasi-experimental design was used. The access population was upper primary pupils from Kortsrala and Takuve D/A primary schools in the Agortime-Ziope district of the Volta region of Gh...
ABSTRACT The built environment in any country determines the nature and pace of national development and the citizens’ “quality of life”. The aim of this study is to find out the causes of building defects in Apowa in the Ahanta West district of Ghana. The researcher went through journals, books and paper presentations of scholars in the field of study as well as the internet in the form of literature review. An observation of the study area was done for a period to justify the need fo...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the learning styles of biology students and their influence on students‘ academic performance. The population for the study comprised of all first year Home Economics students. A purposive sampling method was used to select one intact first year (SHS 1) Home Economics class with a class size of 50 as the sample for the study. Four research instruments were used in the data collection process for this study to obtain the scores necess...
ABSTRACT The study is about the attitudes of Physical Education Personnel towards the participation of the hearing impaired in competitive school sports in the Central Region of Ghana. The methodology, which was qualitative, involved the use of interview and document scrutiny for data collection. In all a sample of twelve (12) respondents, involving the Regional Physical Education coordinator, District Physical Education coordinators, sports teachers for the Schools for the Deaf and Ph...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the nature and causes of mathematical anxiety among Senior High School (SHS) students and the extent to which age and anxiety level can predict their mathematics performance. Cross-Sectional survey design with a mixed-method approach was adopted to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to sample of 270 final year students from non-science departments of four (4) public Senior High Schools in ...