Evaluation of the operations of the cultural education units in Ghana education service, Brong Ahafo
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2021-05-18
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Abstract
Cultural Education Unit has been in existence for many years but it is rather
unfortunate whenever the units are mention in Ghana Education Service about
its functions, most officers, teachers and pupils/students think of only
“drumming and dancing”. When a cultural Co-ordinator introduces
himself/herself at any gathering, the next question mostly asked is “so do you
know how to dance?”, meaning people in society also associate the name
culture with “drumming and dancing” which is just an aspect of the activities
of the Cultural Education Units. This research is aimed at creating awareness
on the mandate and operations of the Cultural Education Units and also
evaluates their operations in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. Due to the fact
that, the Cultural Education Units in Brong Ahafo region have not been
evaluated for the past twenty (20) years, related literature reviewed were
selected from academic resources which concentrated on Culture and its
Characteristics, Rationale for the Cultural Education Units, Agents for
Cultural Education Units, Concepts of Evaluation, Theories and Models of
Evaluation to better understand; how the units have been composed, how they
operate and how best to evaluate their operations. In so doing, descriptive and
evaluation research design under the qualitative method were used for the
study. The population for the study consisted of Cultural Co-ordinators,
Cultural Teachers and Artists. Simple random sampling and purposive
sampling technique were used in the study. Interview and Observation were
the main data collection instruments used. Results of the study showed that the
Cultural Education Units are in the twenty-seven administrative
Municipalities/Districts with their Regional Unit in the Regional Education
Office at Sunyani. The study brought to the light Cultural Education Unit‟s
goals, visibility, impact, efficiency and contribution to education in the nation.
Finally, the Cultural Education Units should inform and educate stakeholders
about their operations and also develop a policy that will state when and how
evaluation of the units would be carried out
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Educational Innovations in Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award Degree of Master of Philosophy in African Art and Culture.
Keywords
Cultural Education, Operations, Evaluation