Curriculum Studies Research Papers/Topics

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 curriculu...

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAMME IN TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES IN GHANA: AN EVAJUATION

ABSTRACT This is an evaluative study of the implementation of the programme of instruction developed for social studies in the teacher training colleges (TTCs) of Ghana. Data obtained through interviews with principals, questionnaires administered to and discussions held with tutors and students as well as field observation have been combined with material from documentary sources. A conceptual framework put forward for the project emphasises an 'illumino-process' evaluation of a curriculum w...

THE INFLUENCE OF MATHEMATICS ABILITY ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out whether mathematics ability influences Senior High School students’ academic performance in Financial Accounting in the Central Region of Ghana. Descriptive survey design was employed by using quantitative and qualitative methods in obtaining data. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 370 Financial Accounting students and 13 Financial Accounting teachers respectively. In-depth interviews, focus gro...

TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM

ABSTRACT This study was designed to examine teachers’ and students’ perception of adolescent pregnancy and its relevance to the social studies curriculum in the Komenda- Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipality of the Central Region of Ghana. The study was a cross-sectional survey. Simple random sampling procedure was employed to select 40 JHS, 300 third year students and 62 social studies teachers for the study. Questionnaires were used to solicit responses from both students and teachers. The S...

Assessing the Challenges in the Implementation of Religious and Moral Education Programme: The Case of Selected Teacher Training Colleges in Ghana

ABSTRACT The investigation assessed the challenges inherent in the implementation of the Religious and Moral Education programme(RME)in some selected teacher training colleges in the Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was employed to unearth the challenges there in. The simple random sampling, purposive sampling and the convenient sampling techniques were used to select the regions, colleges and respondents for the study respectively. In all, the sample fo...

Assessing the Challenges in the Implementation of the Religious and Moral Education Programme: The Case of Selected Teacher Training Colleges in Ghana

ABSTRACT The investigation assessed the challenges inherent in the implementation of the Religious and Moral Education programme(RME)in some selected teacher training colleges in the Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was employed to unearth the challenges there in. The simple random sampling, purposive sampling and the convenient sampling techniques were used to select the regions, colleges and respondents for the study respectively. In all, the sample fo...

ASSESSING THE PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE OF ACCOUNTING TEACHERS IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF GHANA

ABSTRACT Accounting teachers‟ ability to identify the learning difficulties of the ir students  is  a  crucial  part  of  teachers‟  Pedagogical  Content  Knowledge . Accounting is a subject that most students have difficulty in learning, which is exhibited  in  their  performance.  Timely  identification  of  the  learning difficulties of  accounting students  by accounting teachers in order to  provide timely   intervention measures will be of much importance ...

CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2010 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM: A SURVEY OF TEACHERS IN SEKONDI-TAKORADI METROPOLIS OF GHANA

ABSTRACT Thestudy investigated the oncerns of SHS Social Studies teachers about the implementation  of  2010  Social  Studies  Curriculum  in  the senior high schools (SHS) in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region of Ghana. Data were gathered from 70 Social Studies teachers in 11 public  Senior  High  Secondary/Technical  Schools  through  the  use  of questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of .75 and interviews. Analysis of academic  background  o...

CONCERNS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE CAPE COAST METROPOLIS ABOUT THE 2007 EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN GHANA

ABSTRACT The study sought to track the concerns of primary school teachers in the Cape Coast  Metropolis about the 2007 educational reform  in Ghana  within the framework of  the  Stages  of  Concerns  dimension  of  the  Concerns-Based  Adoption  Model developed  by  Hall,  Wallace  and  Dossett  in  1973.  Data  were  gathered  from  three hundred  and  sixteen  (316)  private  and  public  school  teachers  in  the  Cape  Coast Metropolis of the Ce...

CORRELATES OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS

ABSTRACT The   study   was prompted  by   the   assumption  that  a   child’s   performance   in  school   subjects  iscorrelated   by   the   variables   of   socioeconomic   status,   family   size   and   family   type.   How   thesevariables correlate students’ achievement test scores in Social Studies was the main objective ofthis study. The study is fashioned in the context of family life education, which is a component ofSocial Studies...


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