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Ansong, David; Alhassan, Mustapha – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2016
Completion of junior high school is a critical milestone in every Ghanaian child's educational trajectory and a critical step toward the transition to higher education. However, the rate of children completing junior high school still lags behind most educational indicators in Ghana. Far more attention is paid to ensuring that students enroll in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Graduation Rate, Trend Analysis
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Ansah-Hughes, Winifred – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine job satisfaction among teachers in the Techiman Municipality. Three hundred and six (306) teachers were randomly sampled from a total of one thousand four hundred and sixty-one (1461) Junior High School and Senior High School teachers in the Municipality. The instrument used for the data collection was the…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Junior High Schools
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Kuyini, Ahmed Bawa; Yeboah, Kofi Asiama; Das, Ajay Kumar; Alhassan, Awal Mohammed; Mangope, Boitumelo – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
The study aimed to explore the teaching competencies teachers in Ghana perceived as important to their teaching in inclusive classrooms. Using a quantitative research approach, 163 regular school teachers from two geographic regions of Ghana completed a 14-item questionnaire titled Perceived Competencies for Inclusive Teaching Scale and an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Competencies, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship
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Bruce, Daniel – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The aim of this was to find out the reason for low performance in West African Examinations Council final examination in Core Mathematics. The exploratory research design was used for the study. A population of two hundred (200) students; 100 females and males in a breakdown of 50 males and 50 females from SHS and 50 males and 50 females from JHS…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Anxiety, Case Studies, High School Students
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Chen, Jen Jun; Yang, Shu Ching – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
This case study investigated the effectiveness of the United Beyond Our Diversity (UBOD) project for the development of language skills and intercultural communicative competence (including attitudes, knowledge, skills, and critical intercultural awareness) in Taiwanese seventh grade learners. The learners' attitudes and evaluations of UBOD were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Internet, Multicultural Education
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Addison, Asonaba Kofi; Yankyera, George – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate into how female teachers in Asamankese Circuit II in West Akim Municipality of Ghana Education Service manage stress and teacher burnout, and explore the causes, effects, and ways of improving work-related stress for better standard of education. The study was conducted with qualitative research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Females
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Sarfo, Frederick Kwaku; Eshun, Grace; Elen, Jan; Adentwi, Kobina Impraim – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2014
Introduction: In this study, the effectiveness of two different interventions was investigated. The effects of a concrete abstract intervention and a regular method of teaching intervention were compared. Both interventions were designed in line with the specifications of classical principles of instructional design for learning mathematics in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
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Nyala, Joseph; Assuah, Charles; Ayebo, Abraham; Tse, Newel – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2016
Stakeholders of mathematics education decry the rate at which students' performance are falling below expectation; they call for a shift to practical methods of teaching the subject in Ghanaian basic schools. The study explores the extent to which Ghanaian basic school mathematics teachers use problem-solving approach in their lessons. The…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Problem Solving
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Sherris, Ari; Burns, M. Susan – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2015
While Ghanaians in urban and rural settings are multilingual, English is the language of Ghanaian newspapers, politicians, the courts, much of television and radio in the metropolitan centres of the country. Indeed, urban Ghanaian adolescents have expanding opportunities to use English, the only official language of Ghana, even when not in school.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), African Languages, Multilingualism