Education

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Accessibility Of I.C.T. Tools To Students With Visual Impairment In Ghna (A Case Study In Brong Ahafo Region)

ABSTRACT The study looked at how accessible ICT tools are to students with visual impairment at the Wenchi Methodist Senior High School of Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. A total number of 38 respondents took part in the survey. The 38 respondents were made up of 20 males, representing 52.6% of the students and 18 females, also representing 47.24% of the students. The Wenchi Methodist Senior High School was targeted because it is the only school that takes charge of the education of students w...

Teacher Trainees’ Perception Of Their Competence: A Study Of Selected Seventh Day Adventist Teacher Training College Trainees, Asokore, Ghana

ABSTRACT Ghana like all nations needs useful and good quality education that will help in the country’s development. This can only be done when teachers are well equipped and competent enough to teach. Teacher competence is therefore very much necessary for the development of education. The study was, therefore, designed to find out teacher trainees’ perception of their competence. This was to find out how prepared they were after their initial training to teach. The researcher reviewed...

Management Of Instructional Time In The Public Junior Secondary Schools In The Cape Coast Municipality

ABSTRACT With the reduction in the number of years spent at the basic school level from the previous ten years to nine years it has often been argued that the short faIl of one academic year represents a very significant loss of instructional time. The perceived loss and how to offset this is the focus of the study. The study was based on research questions on lesson planning and its usage, supervision In schools as weIl as interferences and interruptions during instructional time. A review ...

Indicators Of Teacher Effectiveness: A Comparative Study Of Rural And Urban Public Junior High Schools In The Keta District Of The Volta Region Of Ghana

ABSTRACT The study was conducted to find out the indicators of teacher effectiveness practices which affect students’ performance in rural and urban areas of the Keta district. The variables considered as elements of effective teaching included teacher quality, attitude to work, social traits of teachers, availability of resources, parental support to students and teacher competency. A total of 160 teachers and 320 students together with 32 headteachers were randomly selected from 32 schoo...

Factors Contributing To The Disparites Of Academic Performance In Public And Private Basic Schools In The New Juaben Municipality

ABSTRACT Educational policies made in Ghana have always had quality as their hallmark. Even though quality has been the main aims of many reforms and policies, the desired quality has not yet been achieved. In this study, an attempt was made to establish the many reasons why private basic schools were doing considerably better than public counterparts. The descriptive research design was used in this study. The stratified and simple random samplings were use in selecting the sample. In all ...

Analysis Of Glycemic Load Of Four Types Of Rice Popularly Consumed In Ghana: A Case Study In Cape Coast Metropolis

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the Glycemic Load (GL) of four types of rice (local brown rice, local polished white rice, perfumed rice and polished perfumed white rice) popularly consumed in Ghana in order to examine its implications on health nutrition. The study sampled 12 healthy individuals into the trial. They consisted of six males and six females. Also, they were made up of six young people and six old people. After a fasting blood sample test, participants wer...

Psychological Predictors of Life Satisfaction Among Undergraduates

Abstract Informed by previous research finding which established evidence of low satisfaction among undergraduates in Nigeria, the purpose of this paper was to examine the psychological variables that would predict satisfaction with life among undergraduates in Southwestern Nigeria. A cross-sectional ex post facto survey design was adopted and convenient sampling method was used. Three hundred and twenty (118, i.e. 36.9%) male and 202 (63.1%) female students, ages ranging between 16 to 27 yea...

The Impact Of Domestic Violence As Experienced By Women In The Greater Accra Region Of Ghana

ABSTRACT This is a study into the impact of domestic violence as experienced by women in the Grater Accra region. The main purpose of this study was to assess the emotional, health and economic impact of domestic violence on women. This study used the feminist and victim logical theories to explain gender inequity and patriarchy which enable gender violations to thrive. Descriptive survey design was used to guide the study. Data were gathered using questionnaire. Purposive sampling procedur...

Effects Of Locally Manufactured Soaps On Colour, Strength And Elongation Of Some Selected Ghanaian Printed Cotton Fabrics

ABSTRACT Despite the highly attractive and durable nature of most Ghanaian printed cotton fabrics they tend to depreciate faster in colour and strength over a short period of use due to poor laundry culture and fabric care. The effects of two Ghanaian locally produced soaps (Key soap and Azumah blow) on colour; strength and elongation of two Ghanaian printed cotton fabrics (GTP and ATL) were investigated using an experimental approach. Simple random sampling method was used in selecting sam...

Senior Secondary School Students’ And Teachers’ Perception Of The Difficult Organic Chemistry Topics In The Central Region

ABSTRACT This study investigated students’ and teachers’ perceptions of organic chemistry topics in the SSS chemistry syllabus. It compared the perception of students’ with that of their teachers’ with the hope of ascertaining whether perceptions were correlated. The survey method was employed, where questionnaires were administered to 300 chemistry students’ and their 35 teachers. Students’ perception of organic chemistry questionnaire and Teachers’ perception of organic chem...

Tutors' Perception Of Women In Management Posmons In Teacher Training Colleges In Ghana

ABSTRACT All over the world. particularly in Ghana. the percentage of women 111 administrative positions is lower than that of men. Out of the 38 Training colleges In Ghana. at the time of study. there were 8 female administrators who were Principals and a few Vice-Principals. Heads of Departments and Senior Housemistress. The study was conducted in 9 Teacher Training Colleges in five regions namely in the Ashanti. Central. Greater Accra. Voila. and Western of Ghana. The focus was to examine...

Fidelity Approach To Implementing The Senior High School French Curriculum Among Selected Schools In The Takoradi Metropolis

ABSTRACT This study used the mixed method approach to examine the fidelity implementation of the SHS French curriculum among public SHSs in the Takoradi Metropolis. The study sought also to find out the relationship between certain teacher-factors and how those factors affected fidelity implementation of teachers. In so doing, 21 teachers and 129 students were surveyed and three teachers were also observed to ascertain the approach and the degree to which they implemented the curriculum wit...

Effects Of Mastery Learning And Self-Management Strategies On Learning Outcomes In Civic Education Among Senior Secondary School Students In Ibadan, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT Civic education builds students attitudes, morals and values necessary for good citizenship and effective life in the society. The academic performance of Senior Secondary School (SSS) students in Civic Education (CE) has been on the decline in recent past which has resulted in moral decadence and alarming incidence of social vices such as rape, cultism, unwanted pregnancies and addiction to social media. Previous studies have centred on the utilisation of conventional methods to fos...

Evaluation Of Physical Fitness Characteristics Of Officers And Men Of The Armed Forces In Lagos, Nigeria

ABSTRACT The physical fitness of members of the Nigerian armed forces is of great importance to their mobility and health. Available studies have centred on growth, development and combat readiness of the Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) but have not critically examined their Physical Fitness Characteristics (PFC) as recommended by the United Nations Military Fitness Established Norms (UNMFNs). Therefore, this study evaluated Resting Heart Rate (RHR), Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP), Diastolic Blood...

Differential Effectiveness of Model-Reinforcement and Desensitisation Techniques in Improving Academic Performance

The present study was designed to investigate the relative effectiveness of model-reinforcement and systematic desensitization group counselling techniques in fostering academic performance. The review of the literature is presented in the following sequence: (L) Dimension of the problem of poor academic performance (ii) Early and significant studies and writings on poor academic performance. (ili) Studies on group counselling in relation to academic performance. (iv) Some efforts qnd recomm...


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