ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the level of knowledge and attitudes of chopbar workers towards food safety. The study also examined the food safety practices among chopbar workers in KEEA Municipality and find out the relationship between chopbar workers’ food safety knowledge and food safety practices. Cluster sampling and purposive sampling procedures were employed to sample 147 chopbar workers in the Municipality to respond to a researcher-designed instrument. Pie cha...
ABSTRACT An experiment was designed to find out which of relaxation and systematic desensitization was more effective in the management of speech anxiety in Student teachers. A third measure of remediation - cognitive restructuring - was introduced as a control in this study to monitor the effect of cognition on speech anxiety. Its effectiveness was also compared with the other two management measures. A J4 x 2 factorial design was used in this study, The samples were taken from a group of 10...
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...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at investigating the attitude of basic school mathematics teachers towards instructional supervision in Cape Coast Metropolis. The population for the study comprised the basic school mathematics teachers, headteachers and circuit supervisors in the Cape Coast Metropolis. A total sample size of one hundred ninety-eight (198) was used. This was made up of 168 teachers, 24 headteachers and 6 circuit supervisors. The sampling techniques employed to select the schools and ...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the contribution of Action Aid International Ghana (AAIG) in the provision of quality basic education in the Upper East Region. The study seeks to identify the extent to which AAIG has contributed to infrastructural development, teachingllearning materials (including textbooks), staffing, in-service training and Girl-Child Education. The study also seeks to identify how Action Aid is promoting the REV and Shepherd school schemes as alternative models in educati...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to assess the effectiveness of orientation and mobility (O&M) training programme for pupils with visual impairment in basic schools in Ghana with particular reference to Akropong and Wa Schools for the Blind in the Eastern and Upper West Regions respectively. The study employed qualitative approaches in getting the relevant data using the descriptive qualitative design to satisfy the purpose and objectives of the study. In all, 18 respondents were selected ...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to fInd out the contributions of World Vision Ghana (WVG) to the development of basic education in the Twifo Hemang-Lower Denkyira District (THLDD) in the Central Region in Ghana. The study involved a sample of 469, comprising 24 district education officials, 10 DEOC members, 24 headteachers, 13 staff of WVG (Twifo ADP), the head of education and capacity building - WVG, 48 child welfare service officers (CWSO), 120 parents and 240 community members. The quest...
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the relevance of biblical counselling in contemporary society of Pentecostal churches in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ashanti Region. The study sought to provide an insight into the effectiveness of biblical counselling. The methodology used to select participants for the study consisted of stratified random sampling, proportional ratio, simple random sampling and selection of the table of random numbers methods. The Population of the study consisted of thirty-four P...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to identify the pertinent factors affecting parents’ choice of a particular senior high school in Ghana. Specifically, the study examines the type of schools parents in the Cape Coast Metropolis choose for their children, and some of the school’s institutional factors that parents look for in deciding the choice of a particular school for their children. The design used for the study was descriptive survey design. A total of 294 parents completed the ...
ABSTRACT This study was purported to compare the learning cycle approach which is based on the constructivist theory to the traditional approach on senior secondary school students' understanding of selected concepts in direct current electricity. Two intact science classes from two of the six senior secondary schools offering physics as elective in the New Juaben Municipality were randomly sampled using the computer generated random numbers to participate in the study. In all 101 students pa...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the physical fitness levels of soccer referees in relation to the performances they exhibit during officiating in Ghana. The cross-sectional survey design was employed to shape the study. The stratified and proportionate multistage sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 65 from the three belts of the country. The physical fitness test results of referees accredited by the RAG were compared with the referees’ officiating performance reports. Data ...
BSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out whether or not HIV and AIDS counsellors in Kumasi Metropolis in Ashanti Region are: aware of national HIV and AIDS policy and policy guidelines, have requisite minimum training in HIV and AIDS counselling and care, have the necessary human resources for VCT, and have the minimum level of conceptual knowledge about VCT. It was meant to ascertain whether VCT as practiced, conforms with the minimum guidelines set by the UNAIDS as well as finding o...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the challenges and coping strategies of student workers without study leave with pay in the University of Cape Coast. A set of questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. In all, 84 studentworkers were sampled through the use of the snowball sampling method to serve as respondents for the study. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data on the demographic profile and all the research questions formulated for the study. Frequencies, me...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at finding out whether Senior Secondary School teachers in the Ashanti Region of Ghana followed the basic principles in their testing practices. It also sought to find out whether pre-service training in testing contributes to competence in actual testing practice. Cluster and simple random sampling techniques were adopted to select 265 teachers of Mathematics, Integrated Science and English Language in 26 Senior Secondary Schools for the study. Eight research questi...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the comparative effectiveness of teaching through the use of multimedia and conventional teaching method in biology on senior high school students in relation to students’ achievement. The pre-test post-test non-equivalent quasi experimental design was used for this study. One hundred and ten (110) form three general science students who had biology as one of their major subjects were selected for the study. They were later grouped into control and experime...