ABSTRACT The purpose, of the study was to find out teachers attitude towards the teaching and assessments of affective outcomes in Social Studies in selected Junior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The research design employed was the descriptive survey. Four zones in the Cape Coast metropolitan area namely OLA, Bakano, Abura and Cape Coast out of the eight zones in the metropolis were selected. Each zone is made up of a maximum of ten basic schools. The four zones selected gave a t...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to look at Conflict Management and Resolution between Headmasters and teachers in Senior High Schools in the Ahafo–Ano North District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Data was collected from a sample of 72 teachers out of the population of 122 from the two Senior High Schools in the district. The administration of a questionnaire was followed by an interview schedule. The analysis of data involved the use of descriptive statistical methods, particularly...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to delve into factors which influence job satisfaction among teachers in both private and public basic schools within the Ho municipality of the Volta Region in Ghana. Methods applied were descriptive survey, and the purposive and random sampling to select respondents for the study. In all, 200 teachers were involved. Questionnaire was used to collect the data which was analyzed by simple percentage and represented in tabular forms. The study revealed tha...
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). Quantitativ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the knowledge and practice of differentiated instruction by primary school teachers in the Mampong municipality of Ghana. The study employed a sequential explanatory design within the mixed method approach. The study employed stratified sampling technique to select a sample of 135 primary school teachers from Mampong municipality of Ghana for the quantitative study and from which 9 teachers were selected for the qualitative study. The researcher used ...
ABSTRACT The study explored Ghanaian primary school mathematics teachers’ conceptions and practices of constructivist instructional strategies (CIS). The study employed a descriptive survey research design to collect data from 205 primary school mathematics teachers in the Upper East region of Ghana. Out of the number, eight (8) teachers were selected for classroom observations and interviews. Purposive sampling was used to sample public primary school mathematics teachers in the Upp...
ABSTRACT Little is known about the basic school Language teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge and their Classroom Teaching Practices. Through interview and observation, this qualitative case study sought to examine and unearth the Pedagogical Content Knowledge and the Classroom Teaching Practices of basic school English Language teachers in the Assin South district. A total of 10 basic school English Language teachers were purposively selected for the study. Data collected wa...
ABSTRACT This study investigated study habits and academic performance among Public Junior High School Pupils in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region of Ghana whilst controlling for the controlling effect of learning styles. Study Habits Theory by Bakare (1977) and Learning Styles Theory by Fernald et al. (1921) served as the theoretical framework of the study. The mixed sequential explanatory approach was followed in the conduct of the study where both quantitative and qualitative dat...