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Download full textMohammed, Salifu Maigari; Amponsah, Kwaku Darko; Ampadu, Ernest; Kumassah, Eliot Kosi – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of implementation of inquiry-based science teaching and learning in Ghanaian junior high schools. We sampled 503 students, 18 integrated science teachers, and 23 educational administrators from rural and urban areas of four districts and municipalities in the Central Region of Ghana. We used…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Direct linkOwu-Ewie, Charles; Eshun, Emma Sarah – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2019
Ghana's language-in-education policy, which mandates the use of L1 as medium of instruction at the lower primary classroom, is not strictly adhered to in majority of Ghanaian classrooms. One factor that has militated against the smooth implementation of the policy is the multilingual nature of Ghana and its classrooms. This sociolinguistic survey,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, African Languages, English (Second Language)
Sherris, Arieh – Intercultural Education, 2013
Technological innovation is only as powerful as the willingness of the people of a particular place to embrace it. Ghana's multilingual landscape has recently been repositioned as a source for early childhood literacy development in order to enfranchise more children in public education. One of the innovative technologies in this new multilingual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Visual Literacy, English (Second Language)
Fredua-Kwarteng, Eric; Ahia, Francis – European Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Facilitating effective mathematics learning and higher mathematics achievement have long been recognized as a key to the scientific and technological advancement of the African continent. While the central role that language proficiency plays in mathematics teaching and learning has received an overwhelming research attention in the literature…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Educational Policy, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language)
Taylor, Mark – Online Submission, 2016
Although English has traditionally been the only language of instruction in Ghana, most young children do not speak English at home. This paper argues that students' academic performance might be improved if their native languages were also used in school. Such an approach offers benefits in areas such as classroom participation, engagement in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Listening Skills, Listening Comprehension
Quaicoe, Kate; Adams, Francis Hull; Bersah, Vivian Adoboah; Baah, Kwabena Appiah – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study was conducted in two Colleges of Education in the Western and Central Regions of Ghana to find out how Colleges of Education students and tutors perceive the study of Ghanaian Languages. The target population comprised all staff and students of the Colleges of Education but the accessible population comprised students and tutors of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Schools of Education, African Languages, Sampling
Opoku-Amankwa, Kwasi; Brew-Hammond, Aba – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
How do teachers define literacy, and how do their perceptions influence their approach to the teaching and learning of literacy? These and other questions relating to literacy generally formed the focus of this ethnographic case study in two urban public primary schools in Ghana. The paper also considers teachers' views on mother tongue literacy.…
Descriptors: Native Language, Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Reading Ability
