Secondary visual arts education provides learners with opportunities to develop critical thinking, and their creative potential, as part of their personal growth. This development happens when visual arts teachers actively integrate creative pedagogies to target creative thinking in learners. "Ghana's 2019 National Pre-tertiary Curriculum…

Classroom assessment is a cornerstone for effective teaching and learning. However, there are variabilities in teachers' approaches to assessment due to recent educational policies, and classroom teaching and learning conditions. This study adopted a mixed method design through a sequential explanatory approach to examine teachers' approaches to…

The study investigated the impact of digital leadership on teachers' usage of digital educational resources (DERs). The study collected data from teachers and headteachers in four pre-tertiary schools in Ghana. Also, trust was included as the interacting variable to examine its mediating role in digital leadership and digital educational resource…

A growing body of research has underscored the importance of inquiry-based methods in history teaching, yet the organisational and cultural contexts within which teachers work and how these impact teachers' practices have received little attention. This article employs the job demands-resources theory to examine factors that inform the classroom…

This study examined the mediation effect of financial satisfaction on financial management practices and life satisfaction relationship among secondary school teachers. A convenience sample of 263 respondents took part in the study via the completion of self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and Partial Least Squares based on…

The research sought to assess mathematics teachers' acceptance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration into teaching and learning at the secondary schools. This study was a cross-sectional survey that gathered data with structured questionnaire. The population was mathematics (core and elective) teachers of secondary schools…

Since challenging behaviors are present in classrooms, it is imperative to understand how teachers acknowledge and respond to these unwanted actions within their schools. The overarching purpose of this study is to understand schoolteachers' perspectives on the causes of students' unwanted behaviors and their responses in the classroom. The study…

The intention of teachers towards adopting inclusive practices is vital to determining teaching behaviour in classrooms. Although some previous studies have reported that variables such as attitudes, subjective norms and self-efficacy combine to predict intention of teachers, such studies are sparse in sub-Saharan Africa and mainly limited to…

The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between the power types used by school principals and the power distance perceptions of teachers. The population is composed of the teachers in Mugla (Turkey) and Tamale (Ghana). The sample is made up of 384 teachers from Mugla and 407 teachers from Tamale. The data used in this research were…

While quality teacher-student classroom interaction is crucial in promoting students' learning, literature recognizes the meaningful effects teachers' and students' social background characteristics and cultural values or orientations have on classroom interactions. However, the extent of relationships between elements of the social and cultural…

Purpose: This conceptual article aims to examine the application of interpretative phenomenology to research on teacher experience. It covers methodological theory and practical interpretative approaches that are pertinent for generating useful insights into an educational issue. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on an illustrative research on…

Advocacy for inclusive education has been connected with the United Nations' global poverty alleviation guidelines, the Sustainable Development Goals, which appeal to countries to extend universal access to education, from primary to secondary schooling. In the Ghanaian context, the implementation of inclusive education in secondary schools has…

It has been widely reported that as students with disabilities climb the academic ladder, it becomes more difficult to implement inclusive education for vulnerable students, such as those with disabilities. In the Ghanaian context, there are few studies on the intentions of teachers towards practicing inclusive education in secondary schools for…

Drawing on the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown experience, higher education institutions in Ghana invested in and are deriving strategies to fully utilise the Online Teaching and Learning platform. However, these strategies will not be successful if ICT is not fully integrated into the school curriculum. In Ghana, efforts have been made by different…

School-based comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) can help adolescents acquire crucial knowledge and skills to achieve their full potential, particularly in low- and middle-income countries with higher rates of negative sexual and reproductive outcomes. While many low- and middle-income countries have developed CSE curricula, little is known…