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Impact of in-service training on junior high school science teachers’ self- efficacy beliefs and content knowledge competencies in basic electronics in Kassena Nankana Municipal

Many students with good favourable attitudes and high interest in science soon see these qualities eroded by their experience of school science; some resulting from science teachers‟ low level of content knowledge, poor methods of teaching and exhibition of low levels of self-efficacies. One topical area in science content that Junior High Schools (JHS) science teachers‟ exhibit lack of interest and poor attitudes is in JHS basic electronics. This is because many of them did not receive adequate tuition in basic electronics during pre-service and in-service training programmes. This study therefore, was to determine the level of influence that in-service training workshop have on JHS science teachers‟ self-efficacy beliefs and content knowledge competencies towards JHS basic electronics. The study involved 7 females and 39 males JHS science teachers in Kassena Nankana Municipal. Two sets of data were collected, one in December 2014 and another in January 2015, using pre-workshop questionnaires and post-workshop questionnaires respectively. Each data was a measure of these JHS Science teachers‟ self-efficacy beliefs and content knowledge competencies towards JHS basic electronics. The two sets of data were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively; using inferential t-test analysis for paired (dependent) samples. The findings of the study showed that before the in- service training science teachers had moderate self-efficacy beliefs towards basic electronics but developed high self-efficacy beliefs towards basic electronics after the in-service training. The study further showed that, after the in-service training JHS science teachers‟ had a high content knowledge competencies as compared to the low content knowledge competencies exhibited before the in-service training. Again, the difference in post workshop and pre-workshop content knowledge competencies is statistically significant (t(45) = 16.477, p = 0.000). Nonetheless, there was a weak correlation University of Education,Winneba http://ir.uew.edu.gh xiv between science teachers‟ post-workshop self-efficacy and post-workshop content knowledge competencies (r = 0.0257, p = 0.287). The findings suggests that regular and continual in-service training targeting specific sensitive challenging content areas in JHS basic electronics can assist teachers to develop coping abilities to teach that content area and meet the specific task needs of pupils. Therefore, JHS science teachers‟ education programs should promote continual teacher development in basic electronics to meet teachers‟ performance and pupils‟ achievement needs.

Source: UEW
Impact of industrial field trip on graphic design students learning and practices

The main aim of the study was to ascertain if field trip take place in Senior High Schools offering Visual Art especially Graphic Design in Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of Central Region in Ghana and to examine how this field trip could be utilized in the teaching and learning of Graphic Design across these schools. The research adopted qualitative research approach and descriptive research design. The researcher collected and analysed data qualitatively, the researcher selected four teachers and sixteen students from all Graphic Design teachers and students in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese district. The sample was obtained using the purposive sampling method and simple random sampling technique. From these respondents, the researcher used two sets of research interview guide questions to gather data from the teachers and students respectively. For data processing and analysis, the researcher used frequencies count and percentage and presented them using tables, thematic analysis was used to analyse the data obtained. The findings of the study revealed that teachers and students have been embarking on field trips in the Senior High Schools across the district as stated by 75% of the teachers and 100% of the students. The findings also revealed that field trip provides educational and career opportunities that cannot be done in the classroom as supported by 62.5 % of students and all the teachers also the use of the field trip give a student idea about possible careers in Graphic Design to consider. The use of virtual reality, animations and models were sometimes use in place of real objects in class. Further, 75% of the teachers and 81.5% of the students indicated that organising field trips is stressful. Finally, the findings brought to light some positive impact of field trip on the development of student interest toward studying Graphic Design. The study revealed that students interest in learning how to observe, understand and critique design and art works has increased as 75% of students and 100% of teachers confessed to the statements, also it was revealed through the study that as a result of engaging in field trip, students interest in computer related designs increased greatly as confirmed by both students and teachers. It has been recommended that appropriate procedures are adopted for students and teachers in order to facilitate the organisation of field trips successfully

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The impact of industrial practical attachment in vocational education case study of tamale vocational institute and St. Mary’s vocational institute in Tamale

In today’s world of stiff skill competition in the labor market, coupled with advanced technology, industries require students to have experience before employing them. The challenge here is that, the experience being required is not taught in the class rooms or lecture rooms. The reality is that, it is only gained through hands on the job, thus real world confrontation popularly called industrial attachment a platform for students to arm themselves with all the skills, and demanded. Hence the SIPP for dressmaking (Fashion) students had been virtually inactive partially due to the poor organization, supervision, insufficient time allocation and inadequate placement opportunities resulting in poor performance of the student at the world of work. There was thus, the need to verify how well the programme was organized and its impact on the beneficiaries in Ghana. The Research design used was survey. The study used both questionnaires and interviews to collect the data. In all, a total of 100 questionnaires were administrated and all the 100 were returned. The population comprised of current students, employers of Fashion industries, homes and liaisons officers. Figures, tables and texts were employed to present the data. The most significant results were that students and schools constitute the main financiers of the programme and placement was still a difficult task. Most reported benefiting very much from the programmes. All the respondents reported the programme to be very important. All the key informants (100%) preferred engaging students with industrial practical experience. Though most students were satisfied with the programme, pragmatic steps should be taken to improve it.

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The impact of industrial practical attachment in vocational education, a case study of Tamale vocational institute and St. Mary’s vocational institute in Tamale

In today’s world of stiff skill competition in the labor market, coupled with advanced technology, industries require students to have experience before employing them. The challenge here is that, the experience being required is not taught in the class rooms or lecture rooms. The reality is that, it is only gained through hands on the job, thus real world confrontation popularly called industrial attachment a platform for students to arm themselves with all the skills, and demanded. Hence the SIPP for dressmaking (Fashion) students had been virtually inactive partially due to the poor organization, supervision, insufficient time allocation and inadequate placement opportunities resulting in poor performance of the student at the world of work. There was thus, the need to verify how well the programme was organized and its impact on the beneficiaries in Ghana. The Research design used was survey. The study used both questionnaires and interviews to collect the data. In all, a total of 100 questionnaires were administrated and all the 100 were returned. The population comprised of current students, employers of Fashion industries, homes and liaisons officers. Figures, tables and texts were employed to present the data. The most significant results were that students and schools constitute the main financiers of the programme and placement was still a difficult task. Most reported benefiting very much from the programmes. All the respondents reported the programme to be very important. All the key informants (100%) preferred engaging students with industrial practical experience. Though most students were satisfied with the programme, pragmatic steps should be taken to improve it.

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The impact of integrating information and communication technology into the teaching and learning of biology in Ghanaian Senior High Schools

The study investigated the impact of integrating ICT on the teaching and learning of Biology in a Ghanaian Senior High School. The research was quasi experimental involving a post-test only non-equivalent control group design. The population of the study comprised all the Biology teachers and all Biology students in PRESEC, Osu. A purposive sampling method was used to select five (5) Biology teachers and ninety eight (98) SHS 3 Biology students. The instruments used for the collection of data were tests for the students (i.e. Students Knowledge of Glycolysis Test (SKGT) – pre test and Students Achievement in Glycolysis Test (SAGT) – post-test) and questionnaire for the teachers. The students’ post-test scores and the teachers’ questionnaires were subjected to statistical analysis using independent-measures t-test and descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that the extent to which the PRESEC, Osu Biology teacher used technology in teaching and learning Biology was very low. The students exposed to the ICT integration instructional approach performed significantly better than their counterparts exposed to the traditional instructional approach. Furthermore, gender had no influence on performances of students after exposure to the ICT instruction. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended, among others, that innovative and more effective learner-centred instructional strategies, such as ICT integration instructional activities, should be used by Biology teachers to promote meaningful learning of difficult concepts.

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The impact of internal control on organizational performance in Gomoa East district assembly

Internal Control Systems (ICS) are implemented to steer an organization toward profitability goals and the achievement of its mission while minimizing surprises. ICSs empower management to navigate a rapidly changing economic and competitive environment, address shifting, customer demands, and priorities, and restructure for future growth. This study examines the impact of internal control systems on organizational performance in the Gomoa East District Assembly in the Central Region of Ghana. The study employed convenience sampling techniques to select employees of the Gomoa East District Assembly as respondents. Correlation and simple regression analyses were used to derive the findings which were based on responses from one hundred and twenty (120) employees. The study concludes that ICSs significantly and positively influence organizational performance and It recommends that management should maintain their level of internal control systems by effectively monitoring and separating evaluations of the control systems.

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Impact of international financial reporting standard (IFRS) adoption on the financial performance of an organisation, a case of Guinness Ghana Breweries

The globalization of the world‟s economy and markets led companies and nations to become world global players. Before the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), different countries developed their own national accounting standards. However, movement of business toward global economy brought challenges in comparability, objectivity, reliability, understandability among others. In view of this, this paper attempts to assess the impact of International Financial Reporting Standard adoption on financial performance of organizations and to the extent at which financial performance of Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited before and after the adoption of IFRS. Ratios and descriptive design was adopted using the published financial statements of company listed on Ghana stock exchange for ten years periods. Microsoft Excel was also used to obtain the mean and Standard deviation. It observed that the adoption of IFRS in Ghana, under the profitability and liquidity ratios there were no significant impact on financial performance of an organization though it enhance credibility to financial statements. This paper therefore recommends that there is the need to bring organizations system under control and make them to fit for the service and the interest of stakeholders and needs to work on skills and expertise gap by training and workshops.

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The impact of job rotation on employees performance in the banking industry the case of Akuapem rural bank limited

Job rotation is a major concern to all organizations especially financial institutions. One way of training employees in the financial institutions is through the introduction of job rotation. Job rotation is a directive introduced by Bank of Ghana in 2008 to all financial institutions. The researcher in the view used Akuapem Rural Bank Limited as a case study to examine the impact of job rotation on employees’ performance. Based on the researcher’s objectives, questionnaires were administered to 60 sample size to gather data from management and staff of Akuapem Rural Bank Limited. The data and the responses were analyzed and interpreted to find out the impact of job rotation on employees’ performance. Based on the four objectives of the study, the researcher found out from the objective one that, job rotation decision was taken only by the senior management of Akuapem Rural Bank Ltd. practiced consistently by the bank. From the objective two, the researcher found out that, Akuapem Rural Bank Ltd. used job rotation as a means of training its employees to meet the needs of the bank such as maximizing output, knowledge acquisition, and skill diversity. It was clear from the objective three that all the employees at Akuapem Rural Bank Ltd. are well satisfied with the practice of job rotation policy. It was clear from the final objective that, challenges such as high cost of implementation, increased in workload and long working hours were factors that hinders employees’ desire in rotational duties. The researcher made recommendations based on the findings recovered from analysis and interpretation of the data.

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The impact of Kente weaving on children’s education in the Agbozume community in the Volta region

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of traditional Kente weaving on children’s education at Agbozume in the Ketu south district. The study employed a mixed method descriptive survey where a total of 109 respondents comprising with 60 students, 43 parents and 6 teachers were sampled randomly (but teachers purposefully sampled). Both questionnaires and structured interview guide were used to gather data comprehensively. The results indicated that, majority (about 77%) of the children are not regular in attending schools because of their involvement in Kente weaving during school hours. The educational and the income levels of parents and guardians have a significant influence on how regular their children are in school. Most pupils cannot perfectly combine the Kente weaving and trade with their education but unfortunately some were simply compelled by their guardians to do so or for the fact that they were born into a family of Kente weavers. I therefore recommended that, The NCCE and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection must come to the rescue of the Kente weaving communities where childrens fundamental human rights are abused and educated and prosecuted where necessary, single parents and other vunerable individuals should be empowered with other skills that will not necessary put their children’s education in jeopardy. District assembly and the central government should reach out to the Kente weaving communities with social intervention policies and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the education directorate should also have their respective roles to play to change the perception and practice of parents and to value the education.

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The impact of kente weaving on the development of contemporary fashion in Ghana (casestudy of bonwire, adanwomase, sakora wonoo in Ashanti Region)

This study was done to investigate and record the impact of kente weaving on the development of contemporary fashion in Ghana. The research is however, a case study conducted in the Bonwire, Adanwomase and Sakora Wonoo in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The researcher employed the descriptive survey research design and the qualitative approach to collect data and analyse them. The sample was size was one hundred and forty people made up of forty master craftsmen, sixty-eight apprentices, twenty students on attachment and twelve national service persons. Questionnaire and interview methods were used as the main instruments for collecting primary data. The responses were collected, arranged in a systematic form and entered into SPSS to generate frequency counts and percentages after which the results were quantitatively analysed. The study revealed that there are available kente industries in the Ashanti Region due to the fact that it is the native cloth of the people. Half of the population also couldn’t say anything when it comes to the marketing of kente products. The study therefore recommended that, the University graduates, NGOs and Government should help weavers create E-marketing for weaver so that they could sell to the outside world and Ghanaians as well through the internet and also young kentte weavers in the three weaving towns (Bonwire, Adanwomase and Sakora Wonoo) should take interest in learning how to create new designs from the elderly weavers or NGOs, Government and other Agencies should organise courses more especially in creating new kente designs by using the older kente weavers as resource persons to teach the young kente weavers.

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The impact of land acquisition on construction project delivery in the Sunyani municipality

This study assesses the impact of land acquisition on construction project delivery in the Sunyani Municipality. The challenges in acquiring land than generally exists in the urban centres especially within regional capitals such as Sunyani Municipal, Accra, Tema, Kumasi etc. among others which stand out as areas where it is difficult and expensive to obtain land for construction purpose. Purposive sampling technique with emphasis on convenience sampling was adopted to select 30 participants which comprised contractors, landlords, chiefs/traditional leaders, town and country planning officers/district planning officers in the Sunyani Municipality, were interviewed. A structured interview was used and it emerged that most people obtain land from private persons and customary landowners, and Chiefs. That due to pressure on the available land for development, there is reduction in the size of land for construction projects. Again, the result indicated that they buy land directly from family head, reliable agents, and traditional rulers and later do documentation. On the role of land owners/stakeholders in land acquisition, the result revealed that land owners and family heads played significant role and it becomes easy to acquire land through them since they allocate land to people through lands commission and the Municipal/District planning officers who work in consultation with lands commission to demarcate land for sale. Multiple sale and high cost of land and relationship between the chiefs and lands commission is a major challenge in the municipality which affect land documentation and processing at the lands commission. Also people should do due diligence before buying land for any construction projects. The scope of the study should be broadened to capture more data, that is by broadening the number of respondents in the study area and extend the same to every part of the country which will give room for generalization in the study.

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Impact of leadership styles on teacher job performance in the Kumasi metropolis the moderating role of teacher self-efficacy

This thesis aimed to study the teacher leadership style effects on teacher job performance within the Basic Schools of the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. Three leadership styles were examined; these are transformational, transactional and instructional. This was followed by an assessment of a moderation role of teacher self-efficacy in the association amongst the three styles of leadership and teacher job performance. The study employed the Path-Goal and Self-efficacy theories to provide a foundation for this work and subsequently formulated the study’s framework and propositions. The study’s framework therefore guided the formulation of its objectives, questions, and hypotheses development. Before achieving this, an extensive review of prior literature was undertaken on the variables of interest. The survey questionnaire approach was employed for data collection within fifteen basic schools of the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. The regression methodological approach (using STATA version 14) was used to empirically test the relationships amongst the variables of interest and to establish the relationships. The study found a positive and a statistically significant impact of transformational and instructional leadership styles on teacher job performance. On the other hand, the results indicate that teacher self-efficacy reinforces the positive impact that instructional leadership style has on teacher job performance. It can therefore be suggested that principals must ensure that operational policies within their institutions have teacher creative self-efficacy as one of their core mandates. This piece of work is significant as it adds to our knowledge on the leadership literature, and advances the psychology of emotions literature by exploring the role of teacher self-efficacy from the perspective of basic education in Ghana.

Source: UEW