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The perception of ICT on the teaching and learning of kinematics graphs_a case study

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perception of ICT on the teaching and learning of Kinematics graphs among SHS 2 science students of Saint Roses Senior High school, Akwatia-Eastern Region. A descriptive survey design using quantitative approach was employed in this study. Purposive and simple random sampling procedures were used on fifty-four (54) participants. Structured questionnaire was the instrument used to collect data in this study. Descriptive statistics tools (frequency and per cent) were used to analyze the data gathered and the findings were that; Physics teachers at St. Roses SHS used more of the lecture method of teaching as compared to the inquiry method. Also, the use of ICT in teaching Kinematics graphs at St. Roses SHS, Akwatia enabled Physics students to have a better understanding of the topic. It was concluded that teaching and learning of Kinematics graphs by Physics teachers at St. Roses Senior High School was based mostly on the chalk-and talk method of teaching. Again, the use of ICT in teaching Kinematics graphs enabled students to have a better understanding of the topic. It was recommended that in service training should be organized for Physics teachers at St. Roses Senior High School for them to realize the need to use ICT more in the teaching and learning process. Likewise, the school management should ensure that the ICT laboratory is well equipped in order to encourage Physics teachers to use it more in teaching and learning

Source: UEW
Perception of instructional leadership roles of teachers in Yusifuya Islamic Basic School at Asokore Mampong Municipality

The study investigated teachers’ roles as instructional leaders in Yusifuya Islamic Basic School at Asokore Mampong Municipality. The objectives of the study were to examine teachers’ perception of instructional leadership roles, identify factors that militate against teachers’ instructional leadership roles and to find out ways of enhancing teachers’ instructional leadership roles. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The target population comprised teachers of Basic Schools. The accessible population was 48 teachers of Yusifuya Islamic Basic School. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the Yusifiya Basic School and all the 48 teachers for the study. Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The reliability test yielded Cronbach alpha of 0.75. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as percentages and frequencies. The study found among others that lack of professional development training affect teachers instructional leadership roles. Also, lack of financial resources to improvise teaching and learning materials affects teachers’ instructional leadership roles. It is recommended based on the findings that the Municipal Director of Education should make sure teachers of Basic Schools are given regular professional development training in order for them to execute their instructional leadership roles better. The Municipal Director of Education should also ensure that some financial resources for teaching and learning materials are provided so as to encourage and sustain teachers’ instructional leadership roles.

Source: UEW
Perception of lecturers on use of students evaluation as a performance improvement tool

The study was designed to investigate into the perception of University of Education, Winneba lecturers on the use of Student Evaluation of Lecturers as a feedback tool to enhance their instructional practices. A twenty-item Likert-scale type self-administered questionnaire was adopted from Machingambi and Wadesango (2011) and were distributed to 170 respondents drawn from a population of 416 lecturers of University of Education, Winneba. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics,Chi-square and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The findings of the study showed that lecturers did not accept the idea of student evaluation. Furthermore, according to the results, the lecturersdid not agree to the formative function of student evaluation. In addition, the findings of the study showed that, student evaluation again, was also not accepted for summative functions. Again,the results showed that, lecturers use teaching strategies that they think would help students to learn but not teaching strategies that will make students rate them high.Finally, the results showed that, there is significant difference in Senior Lecturers group and Lecturer group on the acceptance of student evaluation to some extent whereas Associate Professors and Professors group do not. Based on the findings, the general conclusion was that, lecturers of University of Education, Winneba did not accept student evaluation to a large extent thus, though generally student evaluation may be beneficial, it is not fully embraced by lecturers of the University of Education, Winneba.

Source: UEW
Perception of mob justice and its implication for the people of Ayawaso Central Municipality

The main goal of the study is to assess the perception of mob justice on the right to life of citizens in Ghana. Ghana’s return to constitutional rule has seen an upsurge of lawlessness on many fronts. One main characteristic of this disturbing phenomenon is the rising threat of recourse to mob violence as a way to settling civil misunderstanding or dealing with suspected miscreants such as armed robbers, pick pockets, rapists, etc. This way of seeking justice, usually named “mob justice”, put a serious indictment on the right to life and the administration of justice in the country. This study examined the prevalence of mob justice and its implication for the people of Ayawaso municipality. Epistemologically, the pragmatism philosophy was chosen because it is seen as a midway between the positivist philosophy and the Interpretivism philosophy. In considering the research approach adopted for this study, preference favored the use of the deductive research approach as it is more appropriate and suiting to the use of pragmatist research philosophy. The research strategy and style employed for this study were the use of case study and survey questionnaires (quantitative approach). The target population of the study will be all individuals who were 18 years and above and were currently residing at Ayawaso Municipality for the past two years as well as the members of the justice system of Ghana including lawyers and the police officers. Based on the population of 94,831 sample size 400 respondents were sampled in the study area using a stratified sampling technique. Out this, 275 respondents responded to the questionnaires distributed giving 68.75% response rate. A structured questionnaire was used in gathering the data. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis techniques. The findings of the study showed that Mob Justice negatively impacts the Criminal Justice of Ghana. The study also revealed that Mob Justice negatively impacts the Right to Fair Trail in Ghana. The findings on effects of mob justice on the right to life showed that Mob Justice negatively impacts the right to life in Ghana. The study concluded that mob justice have negative effects on the criminal justice of Ghana, as well as the right to fair trial and right to life in Ghana. It is recommended that the media need to adopt interpersonal communication through organizing seminars, workshops and providing forums on which skilled personnel will sensitize the citizenry to the devastating effects of mob justice and how best society, as a whole, can deal with suspected criminals. The study suggested that the government should take it upon itself to roll out educational campaigns on the why mob justice should not be the resorts for curbing criminal acts.

Source: UEW
Perception of motivation practices of mining companies on employee morale insights from Newmont Ghana Gold Limited

The objectives of the study were to: identify employee motivation practices of Newmont Ghana; determine extent to which the motivation practices meet the expectations of the employees of the company; and determine employee perception of the effect of non-monetary motivation practices on their morale. Exiting literature on employee motivational practices helped generate questionnaire to collect data. Twenty items were pretested and appropriate corrections made to ensure the reliability of the instrument. Eighty staff members of the Ahafo division; Newmont Ghana Gold Limited; consisting of forty field and forty office staff were randomly selected as population. The instrument was then administered to the selected population, of which they were required to tick the options as appropriate to their situation. The application of descriptive statistics such as mean, and frequencies were used to explain the results. The results of the study revealed that majority of the motivation packages such as: personal health insurance; housing allowance; paid leave; opportunity for study leave; provident fund and loan support; and health insurance cover for some family members are enjoyed by all staff members, also a greater number of the office and field staff enjoy clothing, travel and overtime allowances, and a small number of field and office staff also enjoy car and fuel allowance although office staff dominate in this area. The next finding is that majority of the employees are not certain about how the motivation packages that they enjoy meet their expectations. Lastly the study revealed that majority of the employees perceive they are positively motivated by the non-monetary motivation practices. Therefore, the study recommends that the company should address how the employees view the motivation package systems through further research; leadership systems to work on employees drive needs to acquire and achieve,

Source: UEW
The perception of staff on job rotation and the performance of workers at the Ghana education service in Bosomtwe district of Ashanti region

The main purpose of the study was to assess the perception of staff on internal job rotation and the performance of the workers of the Ghana Education Service in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti Region. The researcher used descriptive research design. Quantitative research approach was used. The target population of the study was made up of employees at Bosomtwe District Education in Ashanti Region of Ghana that comprised of 108 employees. Census sampling techniques was used to select all the 108 respondents for the study. The Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16.0 was used to analyse the data. The study found that job rotation is a planned replacement of employees among jobs in a period of time for one or more goals of earning skills and job independence; increasing motivation, job performance and productivity. The study results indicate that job rotation is the effective method for developing the horizon of employees. Furthermore, job rotation is the process of managing employees talents. To add more, job rotation is considered as a method of job design by which employees learn job skills from different parts and relieve exhaustion due to repeated tasks. The study concluded that job rotation was effective method for developing the horizon of employees and managing employees talent at GES. Moreover, job rotation leads to better understanding and reduced productivity for some period. Also, unfavorable working conditions affected job rotation management. Furthermore, difficulties in finding appropriate jobs to rotate affected job rotation management. The study recommended that the GES Directorate should educate the experience staff on the benefits of job rotation in order for staff to accept handing over their current good positions to pave way for implementation of job rotation in the office.

Source: UEW
Perception of student-nurses towards provision of health care services to persons with disabilities at the College of Community Health Nursing, Winneba

The purpose of the study was to investigate the perceptions student nurses have toward people with disabilities. One hundred and fifteen respondents were polled, including five tutors, ten preceptors, and 100 third-year student nurses. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and used a questionnaire as the main instrument for data collection. Purposive sampling was used for selecting the respondents for the study. Frequencies and percentages were used to analysed the data. The study's findings revealed that the care provided to people with disabilities is not always based on the good attitudes of health professionals. Nurses have diverse views about people with disabilities. The perception of student nurses toward care provision for persons with disabilities depends on a number of factors. From the findings, it was recommended that the College of Community Health Nursing put in efforts to help Students Nurses (SN) have access to disability-related information and build more practical rooms to augment teaching and learning in the college. The management of the college should appropriately allocate courses to competent tutors and preceptors with regular field trips to help in the practical knowledge acquisition by the student nurses. Community Base Rehabilitation (CBR) should remain examinable for licensing, and access to online searching for student nurses. Workshops in relation to special education and disabilities are periodically organized. Research project work on disability-related topics should be part of the selected topics for student nurses' final-year projects.

Source: UEW
The perception of students of distance education on the quality of support services received

The purpose of the study was to find out the perception of the distance education students of Asanteman study center about the quality of support services received. The adopted descriptive survey design and 120 students were randomly selected for the study. A self-completion questionnaire was the main instrument used to collect data from the participants. A Cronbach alpha co-efficient of 0.71 was obtained for the instrument. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages and means were employed in the data analysis. The results of the study revealed that majority of respondents 91(76.20%) have positive perception about tutorial services received at the Asanteman SHS Study Centre. Furthermore, the study indicated that majority of the respondents 87(74.20%) had a positive perception about the quality of study modules supplied at the Study Centre. Moreover, the study however, revealed that majority of the respondents 76(53.3%) had a negative perception about the quality of available facilities at Asanteman SHS Study Centre. It is therefore recommended that adequate number of computers, projectors, library and computer laboratory should be provided by management of UEW distance education at the Asanteman Senior High School Study Centre to ensure the smooth running of the distance programme.

Source: UEW
The perception of teachers about male and female headteachers leadership in basic schools at the Suame Metropolis in Kumasi

The main purpose of the study was to assess the perception of teachers about male and female headteachers’ leadership in basic schools at the Suame Metropolis in Kumasi. Three research questions were used to accomplish the objectives of the study. A sample size of 160 was selected using simple random techniques. A descriptive survey design was employed which focused on the administering of closed ended questionnaires. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire after pilot test was Cronbach Alfa of 0.87. Data was analysed by means of descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages. The results of the study showed that female head teachers were considered assertive, emotional, as well as supportive, while male head teachers were seen to be decisive and independent, confident, and relationship oriented. Male head teachers were also found to be more approachable and democratic in decision making, while female head teachers were found to be more capable of disciplining of teachers and more efficient in the supervision of academic work. It is therefore recommended that the Ghana Education Service should organize training in leadership and management to help adequately prepare head teachers to be able to do their work well. In addition, the Ghana Education Service should discourage gender stereotyping in schools by sanitizing both head teachers and teachers on the negative effects it has school management.

Source: UEW
Perception of teachers about the teaching of ICT in basic schools in Atwima Nwabiagya District

The aim of the study was to find out perception of teachers on the teaching of ICT in basic schools in Atwima Nwabiagya District of Ashanti Region. Specifically, it was designed to elicit respondents’ view on the importance of teaching ICT. It also sought to determine the challenges that affect the effective teaching of ICT. More so, the study sought to examine the support the teachers receive from school administrators with respect to the teaching of ICT. Fifty seven ICT basic school teachers were randomly selected to respond to self-completion questionnaire which was in the form of a rating scale, the main research instrument used for the data collection. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations. The findings from the study indicated that participants agreed to the relevance of teaching ICT to the students of basic schools. In addition, participants also agreed that they face challenges such as inadequate power supply, lack of qualified computer technicians, and inadequate number of computers when teaching ICT in the basic schools. Furthermore, participants of the study indicated that they do not receive support from school administrators when teaching ICT in basic schools. From these findings, it was recommended that government should provide schools with adequate ICT infrastructure to enable schools provide effective teaching of ICT.

Source: UEW
Perception of teachers on integration of Information Communication Technology in the teaching and learning of mathematics in the Cape Coast Metropolis

This study was designed to find out perception of teachers on integration of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the teaching and learning of mathematics in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The study adopted cross-sectional survey as a design. The target population consists of all mathematics teachers in eight selected senior high schools in Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana. The sample consisted of 102 mathematics teachers. Stratified random sampling and simple random sampling technique were used to select the samples. A questionnaire which has Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.74 via internal consistency was used for data collection. Content validity of the instrument was ascertained through expert judgment. Factor Analysis, Independent samples t test, One-way analysis of variance, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression analysis were used to analyse the data for the study. The findings revealed that sex of teachers had no significant influence on the perception of teachers towards ICT integration and teachers intentions to actually integrate ICT in teaching-learning of mathematics. It was also revealed that there is a significant difference in the perception of teachers’ to integrate ICT based on the teachers’ age group and years of teaching experience. The study further revealed that mathematics teachers have positive perception towards ICT integration, but have negative attitudes towards the use of ICT in teachinglearning of mathematics. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that mathematics teachers need to be trained on effective integration of ICT in teachinglearning of mathematics.

Source: UEW
The perception of teachers on the effects of co-curricular activities on the academic performance of students

The purpose of the study was to find out the perception of teachers with regards to students’ involvements in co-curricular activities and their academic performance at the senior high school. The co-curricular activities of interest were; religious, academic and sporting. The study was carried out in three assisted senior high schools. One hundred and forty teachers were involved the study. Convenience sampling technique was employed to administer the research instrument. The Survey research design was adopted and questionnaire was used for data collection. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.89. Frequencies, means, standard deviations, percentages and bar graphs were used to interpret and explain the field data. The study revealed that, 31.71% agreed (strongly agree and agree), 20.14% stayed neutral, while 48.15% disagreed (strongly disagree and disagree) that, students’ involvements in religious activities promote academic performance. About 81.85% respondents congruently agreed (strongly agree and agree) that, students’ involvements in activities of academic clubs and societies enhance students’ academic performance, 9.28 remained neutral and 8.56% disagreed (strongly disagree and disagree). About 25.28% agreed (strongly agree and agree) that students’ involvement in sporting activities enhances one’s academic performance, 26.71% were neutral and 48.00% disagreed (strongly disagree and disagree). It was concluded that academic clubs’ activities should be encouraged whilst religious and sporting activities should be tailored to promote academic performance.

Source: UEW
Perception of teachers on the effects of training and development on job performance in senior high schools in the Sekyere central district of Ashanti region

The purpose of the study was the perception of teacher training and development on Senior High School teacher’s job performance in the Sekyere Central District of Ashanti Region and to also explore other means of improving the training and development programmes for the Senior High School teachers in the District. Descriptive research design using quantitative approach was used for the study. Purposive and simple random techno specifically the lottery method were used for the study. In all a sample size of 95 were used for the study. The data collected were carefully analyzed using the descriptive statistics such as frequencies and tables. Findings from the study revealed that strong relationship exists between training and development and teacher job performance. The findings therefore support the assertions that, training enhances teacher job performance, motivates teachers to work harder and as a result increases work efficiency and quality. It is therefore recommended that, management of senior high schools should passionately consider training and development as key to improved work performance.

Source: UEW