ABSTRACT The study investigated the status of the teaching and learning of biology in selected senior high schools in the Volta Region of Ghana. Data was collected from 21 biology teachers and 295 students in the selected schools. The main instrument was a questionnaire but was supplemented with interviews and observations. The content validity of the main instrument was determined with the help of the supervisors of the study. The target population comprised the 72 senior high schools in t...
ABSTRACT A building fabric is referred to as an ‘environment envelope’ because it is the means by which the natural or external environment may be modified to produce a satisfactory internal environment for a person to live in. The deterioration of building hampers its ability to perform adequately, therefore it is important to ensure proper maintenance to prevent deterioration. Due to the neglect of the maintenance component of building in this country, a lot of residential and public b...
ABSTRACT This study analyses register and lexical cohesive devices in the 2012 manifesto of the New Patriotic Party using the theories of Cohesion by Halliday and Hasan (1976) and Halliday (1994) register theory. The study employed qualitative research approach and purposive sampling technique to select the 2012 manifesto of the NPP. The registers in the manifesto were analysed based on Leech and Short (2007) lexical category. The findings of the study revealed that nouns are the prepondera...
ABSTRACT The study examines how the English language has been used by President John Dramani Mahama in three of his political speeches. The main focus of the study is to analyse the use of lexical items and the functions they play in political discourse from the stylistic perspective. The Linguistic and Stylistic Categories by Leech & Short (2007) and the Ideational metafunction in the Systemic Functional Grammar Theory by Halliday and Matthiessen (2014) are applied as theoretical frameworks...
ABSTRACT Functional literacy is an essential objective of primary education in Nigeria which equips pupils not only with reading and writing skills, but also with numeracy, communication, problem solving and application skills in daily life activities. The inability of many Nigerian primary school pupils to read, write, compute, comprehend and communicate effectively in English Language has been attributed to factors which have direct links with the implementation of the school curriculum an...
ABSTRACT The quest for decentralisation rests on the capacity to enhance grassroot participation in development programmes and community integration to facilitate even spread of developmental projects. In spite of the adoption of the decentralisation strategy, the physical and socio- economic conditions in most of these communities in Kwara and Osun states do not seem to have improved significantly. Previous studies had focused more on impacts of decentralisation on ethnic conflicts and sece...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the origin, meaning and motivation of the names of the principal settlements of the Anlo state and the morphological processes involved in the formation of the names. It classified also the names with appropriate conclusions. The research design used for the study was the descriptive survey. The population for the study was the chiefs, elders and people who had knowledge about the history of the settlements. The purposive and snow ball sampling techniques we...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out female student’s access and participation in Sports and to suggest appropriate measures that address the challenges that militate against female’s participation in secondary school sports in Zamse Senior High technical form 1 and 2. The objectives were to; find out female students knowledge about the importance of sports to their health and well-being, explore major challenges that affect female students’ access and participation in Sp...
ABSRACT Physical activity should help improve muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and cardiovascular endurance, as well as serves as a vehicle that helps children establish selfesteem and strive for achievable, personal goals. Improving the quality of physical education is necessary to achieve potential health-benefits in the child and adolescent populations. A calculated shift to national standards will provide teachers with a timely opportunity to examine the direction of their o...
ABSTRACT The research sought to find out the art of the discharged mental patients who were once inmates of the Kumasi rehabilitation centre Cheshire Home Edwenase, who were taught art activities in textiles by the researcher and has been discharged to their respective communities. The scope of the research was limited tothe art of the discharged mental patients which involves a follow up of some selected discharged mental patients who were once inmates in theKumasi Rehabilitation Centre (Ch...
ABSTRACT The study examines the approach used by teachers of Core English language to teach the core English language curriculum in Bompeh Senior High School, in the Western Region of Ghana. Specifically, the study focused on the academic qualifications teachers of the Core English language curriculum possessed, how topics were arranged in the syllabus, the method used by these teachers to teach, the teaching and learning materials they used during the teaching and learning process. A case st...
ABSTRACT This thesis emphasizes an alternative instructional tool called “Concept Map”. Concept map has been applied in a variety of fields, including instructions, learning, curriculum development, and assessment. Researchers have determined that, concept maps serve as an effective tool in the traditional classroom. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of concept map to enhance the teaching and learning of Cell Biology in Senior High Schools one students. The resea...
ABSTRACT The real world is not static, coupled with movements in building, there is a potential for cracks to occur in building. It is essential that all building have adequate capacity to enable the foundation soil to hold the forces from the superstructure without undergoing shear failure or excessive settlement. It was against this background that the study investigated into the various causes of cracks in the buildings at Dagmew and Sabon Zongo Residetial areas of the Upper...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to examine the instructional supervisory roles of Circuit Supervisors in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region. This was a qualitative research underpinned by the interpretive paradigm. The design for the study was case study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 1 Director of Education, 7 Circuit Supervisors, 5 headteachers who were chairmen of Conference of Heads of Basic schools and 7 of their Assistant heads. Data was gathered using se...
ABSTRACT The pre-test, post-test small group control experiment with an element of descriptive survey study was used to examine the effects of group learning on college students’ understanding of chemical concepts in science. The study was conducted at Bagabaga College of Education, Tamale. A total of 102 first year students were used for the study. Test and survey questionnaire were the main instruments used for the study. These consisted of Chemical Concepts Achievement Pre-t...