Browsing by Author "Anti, Emmanuel"

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    Aesthetic education in Senior Secondary Schools in Ghana
    (1992-07-13) Anti, Emmanuel
    The need to actively sensitize the Ghanaian public to develop appreciation for the environment is a crucial national task. The result of many years of ignorance, neglect and insipid public attitude towards the environment, have created enormous environmental problems. Among these are: 1. The wanton destruction of both natural and artificial environment 2. The neglect of proper sanitation 3. Lack of proper city, town and country planning which results in the springing up of slums and unauthorized settlements. 4. The indiscriminate disposal of industrial and human waste resulting air and water polution1 and 5. The blatant disregard for societal norms and ethics for environmental cleanliness in communities. The solution of these problems requires a massive and intensive programmme of education which should involve all sectors of the Ghanaian populace. In this regard, the school as an agent of change can play a major role by spearheading the crusade to educate children on environmental aesthetics which is a new phenomenon in the field of education in Ghana. \The research seeks to critically analyse, synthesize and evaluate the meaning and process of aesthetic concepts into the senior secondary school curriculum as a means of correcting some of these aesthetic problems in the Ghanaian society. The research is presented in six chapters as follows:— Chapter One This is the introductory chapter which deals with the problem and its setting. Chappter two This chapter reviews the related literature Chapter three The general procedure and methodology for the research are outlined in this chapter. Chapter four This chapter expatiates on the stages of development of aesthetic education in children. It determines the levels of aesthetic awareness in senior secondary schools in Ghana and traces the various stages of aesthetic development from pre—school to adolescence. Chapter five This chapter deals with the results of the information collected which include the analysis and interpretation of findings. Chapter six This is the concluding chapter. It deals with the summary, recommendations and conclusion.
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    A comparative study of pre-school art in selected school in Kumasi Metropolis
    (1991) Anti, Emmanuel
    For many years modern educators, psychologists and writers have brought to light the immeasurable contribution of art in pre-school education. It has been observed that art is one of the important basic means of attaining total development of the individual. However, educational administrators, policy makers, teachers and parents in the country pay little or no attention to this area of study in our pre-schools. The little effort made is directed to only nursery schools in the urban settlements to the detriment of the rural schools. This has brought about a situation where children in the rural nursery schools do not enjoy the benefits that art education provides. The author is much concerned about the role art plays in the teaching of pre-school children. This project therefore has attempted to study the crayon drawings of some selected nursery schools in Kumasi Metropolis to find out if there are similarities or differences; and to find out the causes of such differences. The author has outlined suggested solutions to problems that were identified so that much effort could be made to improve the role of art in the teaching of children in the nursery schools studied as well as others.