Instructional Media as a tool for ensuring quality teaching and learning for pupils in the Junior High Schools (Selected schools in the Kumasi Metropolis)
| dc.contributor.author | Owusu, Seth Koranteng | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-18T11:28:34Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-20T06:38:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-07-18T11:28:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-20T06:38:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | August, 2009 | |
| dc.description | A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, in Art Education | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Conventional instructional resources are not generally available in many Junior High Schools in Ghana. Where such resources are available, some JHS teachers lack the requisite skills and creativity to use them effectively in their teaching. Some teachers also lack innovation in finding suitable local substitutes to help their pupils understand their lessons. This leads to the teaching of abstract lessons, misunderstanding of concepts and skills, and ineffective learning that negatively affect learner performance and teacher output in terms of what is taught and learned by means of instructional media. Qualitative Research Method was used with questionnaire, observation and personal interviews to collect data on how instructional media available in the sampled schools are used in teaching Mathematics, English language, Agricultural Science, General Science, ICT, Visual Arts, Home Economics, French, Twi, Social studies and Pre-Technical Skills and their impact on pupils’ learning. It was realized that, instructional media are generally not available in the Junior High Schools in the Kumasi metropolis. While few teachers have visited the Teachers Resources Centre in Kumasi, environmental resources such as internet café, chief’s palace, found objects or farms are not considered as instructional media for classroom use. Lack of wall charts, models, and other conventional media to complement the use of chalkboards and textbooks in the schools is making it difficult for teachers to offer quality teaching to promote high academic achievement for Junior High School pupils. Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service should ensure the supply of instructional media for use by teachers for effective teaching and learning. Such media could include locally produced materials generated by teachers and resource experts for better lesson delivery. Excursions and field trips can serve as a major means of exposing Junior High School pupils to the environment as a learning resource for firsthand information and experiential learning. In-Service training, workshops and seminars should be organized to orient Junior High School teachers to improvise alternative instructional resources and the right ways to use them during lessons. This research was carried out to understand what and how instructional media are used by Junior High School teachers in the Kumasi metropolis. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/392 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Instructional Media as a tool for ensuring quality teaching and learning for pupils in the Junior High Schools (Selected schools in the Kumasi Metropolis) | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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