ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the effects of participatory decision making on teachers of Bole Senior High School. The study used an action research design with 25 teachers involved in the pre-intervention, intervention and post-intervention stages of the study. A questionnaire was used to collect both the pre-intervention and post intervention data. The study indicated that participatory decision-making in Bole Senior High School helped teachers to not only to grow profes...
ABSTRACT The study looked at the effectiveness of supervision in basic schools in the Obuasi municipality. It was found out that the two main forms of supervision namely internal and external are both practiced there and both need to be made effective as there are a number of challenges. The current state of supervision reveals that follow up visits, brief visits and intensive visits were being done well. Some factors affecting supervision on the negative side included the need to involve tea...
ABSTRACT The study was intended to find out the extent to which the Winneba community support the girl-child school attendance. It was specifically designed to find out the attitude of the Winneba community towards girl-child education. The basic research question that guided the study was: How does the Winneba community perceive girl-child education and what kind of support does the community provide towards girl-child school attendance? Questionnaire and interview schedules were prepared an...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the perceptions of teachers, head teachers and circuit supervisors on head teachers’ supervisory competence at the basic school level. It sought to find out whether and how head teachers are trained, how they are developed, how teachers and circuit supervisors perceive head teachers as being competent, how the head teachers perceive their own level of competence, and the support the head teachers receive from their circuit supervisors. The views of a to...
ABSTRACT The study was on supervision of basic school teachers in the Jasikan District in Volta Region of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to find out types of supervision carried out in the district, the type which was being emphasized, the type the teachers preferred and challenges that were confronting supervision. Ninety eight schools and the district education office were covered. In all 200 respondents were involved. Data was collected through interview and questionnaire. The statist...
ABSTRACT Students in developing countries are often taught for only a fraction of the intended number of school hours because time is often lost or wasted to informal school activities. The study sought to investigate how teachers utilize their timeon-task in selected schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana using the descriptive survey research design. It examined factors that affect teacher timeon-task, effect of teacher time-on-task on students’ academic performance and how teacher ...
ABSTRACT The main focus of this study was to find out the perception tutors’ and students' hold on the performance of final year students of Tamale Nurses Training College in licensing examination from 2001-2004. A descriptive survey was the research design used. A questionnaire was the instrument used to collect data. The items were developed from related literature on the study. A total number of 100 respondents were selected through purposive and random sampling. These included 16 tutors...
ABSTRACT The study assessed perceptions of institutional stakeholders regarding the role of university environment on the teaching and learning processes in the University of Cape Coast. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population for the study was all lecturers and administrators in the University of Cape Coast. The simple random sampling technique was used to select 125 lecturers and 98 administrators for the study. Four research questions guided the study. A 42-it...
ABSTRACT In this study, efforts were made to find out the extent to which primary school Head teachers in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis deal with conflict issues as they emerge in their administrative duties. The study established the insight, knowledge base and skills of the head teachers on conflict management issues. It also examined the attitude of the head teachers towards conflict in their schools and how their attitude is interpreted by their teachers. In all, ten (10) head teachers...
ABSTRACT The study investigated polytechnic academic and administrators’ perceptions about the usefulness of the implementation of the leadership and management capacity building project in Ghanaian polytechnics. The study targeted four public polytechnics in the northern sector which included Sunyani Polytechnic, Wa Polytechnic, Balgatanga Polytecnic and Tamale Polytechnic. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The sample for the study included purposively selected 16 midd...
ABSTRACT This study is a descriptive survey, which sought to find out the perception of teachers about the leadership styles of male and female school heads of basic schools of the Suame Circuit of the Kumasi Metropolitan Education Directorate. It also sought to find out lessons that could be learnt from each other (male/female heads). The study further sought to find out the preference of teachers for a male or female school head, and the reasons for their preferences as well as suggestions ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the impact of leadership styles of heads on academic performance of students in three leading secondary schools in Ho. The method used for the research was the descriptive survey. This method was used because it may reveal the actual perception of students and teachers about their head’s leadership style. The population was the heads, teachers and students of the schools involved in the study. The three heads, sixty teachers and one hundred and fif...
ABSTRACT The research sought to obtain evidence of the factors that were responsible for the academic performance of pupils in the Asawasi Sub – Metro such as family background, pupils’ characteristics, teachers’ influence and the school environmental factors.The research was conducted using observation, interviews and questionnaires. A sample size of 1640 respondents representing a heterogeneous target population was drawn from the Asawasi Sub-Metro. The study revealed that persistent...
ABSTRACT Identification of factors which affect students' progression, performance and completion is instrumental in the planning and development of programme to ensure best outcomes for both the institution and the student. This notwitstanding, it appears there is some literature gap on this subject matter in Ghana in relation to the academic performance of nursing training college students. It is not yet known why some nursing students fail to attain the standards expected of them. This st...
Overview The chapter presents the background to the study, the statement of the problem. research questions and the purpose of the study. It further gives the significance of tile study and outlmes lhe delimitation and limitatIons o[ the study. It concludes With the ddiniuons often and the org.misallon of the study.