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Multicultural Teaching Competence among Preservice Teachers in Ghana: The Role of Critical Self-Reflection, Religious Inclusivity, and Teaching Self-Efficacy
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Eric Mensah; Martin Owusu; Ernest Nyamekye – Discover Education, 2025
This study investigated the multicultural teaching competence (MTC) of preservice teachers and the predictors of their competence. It ultimately investigated how preservice teachers' sense of efficacy (TSE), critical self-reflection (CSR), and religious inclusivity (RI) predicted their MTC. Through a cross-sectional research design, data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Teacher Competencies, Preservice Teachers
Attitudes and Self-Efficacy as Significant Predictors of Intention of Secondary School Teachers towards the Implementation of Inclusive Education in Ghana
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Opoku, Maxwell Peprah; Cuskelly, Monica; Pedersen, Scott J.; Rayner, Christopher S. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2021
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…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Educational Practices
Inclusive Education in West Africa: Predictors of Parental Attitudes, Knowledge and Perceived Social Norms Influencing Inclusive Practices in Ghana and Nigeria
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Opoku, Maxwell Peprah; Nketsia, William; Agyei-Okyere, Elvis; Oginni, Oyewole Simon; Torgbenu, Eric Lawer – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2022
The call to practise inclusive education in African countries has coincided with efforts to promote deeper cooperation in the education sector. Ghana and Nigeria have adopted a common curriculum to facilitate the development of people in the West African sub-region. In both countries, while much is known about the challenges faced by teachers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Parent Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Twin-Track Approach to Teacher Training in Ghana: Exploring the Moderation Effect of Demographic Variables on Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes towards Inclusive Education
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Opoku, Maxwell Peprah; Nketsia, William; Alzyoudi, Mohammed; Dogbe, Joslin Alexei; Agyei-Okyere, Elvis – Educational Psychology, 2021
The government of Ghana has demonstrated commitment towards implementing inclusive education in selected schools. However, a major concern has been the lack of teachers' skills in addressing diverse needs of students in classrooms. While there are parallel institutions training teachers, the perceptions and level of acceptance among pre-service…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics
Pre-Service Teachers' Views on Inclusive Education in Ghana
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Nketsia, William; Saloviita, Timo – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2013
Pre-service teacher training has been identified as one of the key factors in the promotion of inclusive education. In this study, 200 final-year pre-service teachers from three colleges of education in Ghana were surveyed about their views and knowledge on inclusive education and special educational needs (SEN). The results showed that almost all…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion, Foreign Countries
Principals' and Teachers' Attitudes and Knowledge of Inclusive Education as Predictors of Effective Teaching Practices in Ghana
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Kuyini, Ahmed Bawa; Desai, Ishwar – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2007
Surveys and observations were undertaken in selected primary schools in Ghana to determine whether principals' and teachers' attitudes towards and knowledge of inclusive education, as well as principals' expectations of teachers in implementing inclusion, were predictors of effective teaching practices in their classrooms. The sample of 128…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Discriminant Analysis, Regression (Statistics), Foreign Countries