Research Papers/Topics in Arts and Social Sciences Education

SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS’ COMPETENCE IN TEACHING AND ASSESSING LEARNING OUTCOMES IN THE AFFECTIVE DOMAIN IN NEW JUABEN MUNICIPAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the competence of Social Studies teachers of senior high schools in New Juaben Municipality in Eastern Region of Ghana in teaching and assessing the affective domain. A census of 55 teachers was taken from eight public senior high schools in New Juaben Municipality. A 32-item questionnaire was used to collect data from these social studies teachers. Areas examined included teachers competence in formulating affective objectives, the extent to w...

AN EVALUATION OF THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF HISTORY IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA

ABSTRACT The study evaluated the teaching and learning of history in Senior High Schools in the Central Region of Ghana. Specifically, the study focused on the methods of teaching the subject, learning styles of students, teachinglearning resources, assessment instruments and teachers’ and students’ perceptions of the subject. Data were collected from documents, through the use of questionnaire and observation of classroom lessons. The internal reliability co-efficient of the questionna...

GIRLS’ RE-ENTRY INTO SCHOOL AFTER PREGNANCY IN THE ASHIEDU KETEKE SUB-METRO DISTRICT, ACCRA

ABSTRACT Government directive on pregnant students’ right and access to continued education and the provisions of the Inclusive Education Policy are intended among other things to address issues of exclusion in education and also ensure educational attainment among pregnant students in Ghana. However, it is not well known to what extent student mothers are taking advantage of this provision and the possible challenges encountered during implementation. This study sought to examine the facto...

ASSESSMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL AND CONTENT COMPETENCES AMONG SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS OF TWI LANGUAGE IN THE KWABRE EAST DISTRICT OF ASHANTI REGION, GHANA

ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the pedagogical and content competences among Senior High School teachers of Twi in the Kwabre East District of Ashanti Region. All the senior high school teachers of Twi and students offering Twi language as an elective subject for the West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) constituted the population for the study. The total sample size selected for the study was 252, made up of all the 12 teachers, the 6 headmasters/headmistre...

EVALUATION OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES CURRICULUM: A CONVERGENT STUDY OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE CAPE COAST METROPOLIS

ABSTRACT The intention of this study is to improve the Christian Religious Studies curriculum. It presented difficulties encountered in order to support implementers with findings from the field. Many of such research have used traditional models for evaluation: Objective based models, Goal free evaluation models, experimental evaluation models and many more. The Context Input Process Product (CIPP) evaluation model was used in this study to evaluate the Christian Religious Studies curricul...

THE FIDELITY APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF CORE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN BOMPEH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL – A CASE STUDY

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...

Perceptions of Kindergarten Teachers Use of Play as a Teaching Technique in Afadjato South District, Volta Region

ABSTRACT  The study investigated perceptions of kindergarten teachers on the use of play as teaching technique in Afadjato South District, Volta Region. The study used concurrent triangulation mixed-methods design. A sample of 130 participants was selected for the study: 100 kindergarten teachers, 20 basic school heads and 10 school supervisors. Multistage (comprehensive selection, simple random and convenience) sampling technique was used to select the participants. Questionnaire and interv...

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STUDENTS IN SELECTED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA

ABSTRACT The study examined gender differences in the academic performance of Financial Accounting students in selected senior high schools in the Central Region of Ghana. Descriptive survey design was employed to carry out the study. The simple random sampling and census techniques were used to select 331 students and 137 teachers of Financial Accounting respectively. Questionnaires were the instrument used in collecting the data. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics (means, st...

The Role of Microfinance in Funding Small & Medium Enterprises: Harekello Town of Goro Dolla District in Focus, Ethiopia

This study examines the role of the Microfinance on funding of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Gorodola Harakallo town. The study also exploring the role of microfinance institutions on small and medium enterprise as well as the extent to which the small business have benefited from the credits scheme of microfinance institution. The specific objectives of this study were as follows; to determine at what extent role of microfinance lead to increase the volume of gross sales of part...

The Role of Multiple Literacies in Developing Interdisciplinary Research

The classification of knowledge into different disciplines is not to distinct knowledge of one domain from the other as these are the parts of a whole but to make it easy, and to provide space for development and promotion of knowledge. Interdisciplinary research provides the opportunity to study different domains of knowledge from single perspective so that to reach to an eclectic picture of the phenomenon. Results showed that interdisciplinary research contributes a lot in promoting interdi...

The Interplay between Gender and Student Classroom Participation A Case Study of University Of Swat

A number of research studies have found differences between male and female students’ classroom participation. Some researchers link these differences to students’ gender, asserting that female students’ low participation is the result of male students’ active classroom participation. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore differences between students’ gender and their classroom participation and to investigate the ways through which students gender manifest itsel...

The Impact of the Indian Movie Three Idiots (2009) on Attitudes to Education

Developments in technology can support the generation of tools to enhance teaching and learning. In a digital world, teaching without technology is now considered incomplete. Film is one of the most effective tools used for propagating ideas and engaging people in reflections on events and philosophies of life. Films are therefore an influential channel for student learning. Students enjoy watching films, imitating movie characters and can learn languages and scientific concepts through ...

The Effects of E-Reading and Printed Document Reading on Students’ Comprehension and Retention Power

The study attempted to measure the effects of e-reading (reading from the screen of a laptop, tablet or other electronic display) and printed documents reading. Objectives of the study were to measure the effects of ereading materials on students’ comprehension and their retention power, to investigate the effects of traditional printed documents reading on students’ comprehension and their retention power and measure the differences between the effects of both types of readings (printed ...

The Effects of Authentic Pedagogical Practices on Students' Educational Performance and Retention Power

In-practice traditional lecture, discussion and assignments based pedagogical practices play its role in students’ learning and retention power. The current study intends to investigate whether authentic pedagogical practices are more effective in terms of enhancing students’ educational performances and retention power or the traditional pedagogical practices. Therefore, this study focused on investigating the effects of authentic and traditional pedagogical practices on students’ educ...

Test Anxiety: Gender and Academic Achievements of University Students

Objectives: To investigate undergraduate students’ test anxiety level; to measure the correlation between undergraduate students test anxiety with their academic achievement; and to measure the correlation of undergraduate students’ test anxiety from the perspective of their gender. Methodology: Students of eight departments at University of Swat constituted the study sample. Among these, 126 undergraduate level students were selected through simple random sampling technique. The to...


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