scholarly journals Economics Students’ Perception of Economic Teachers’ Effective Instructional Practices in the Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Instructional Practices ◽  
Instructional Delivery ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Economics Students ◽  
Instructional Delivery Methods

The purpose of the study was to explore Economics students’ perception of economic teachers’ effective instructional practices in the Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The researchers used the descriptive cross-sectional survey as the research design. Questionnaire was the main instrument to collect quantitative data from respondents. The researcher employed the multi- staged sampling technique to select students for the study. It was discovered that there was no statistically significant difference between the perception of male and female students Economics students with respect economics teachers planning and preparation, classroom environment management and instructional delivery methods in regards to effectiveness of Economics teachers in instructional practices. The study recommended that to maintain and improve upon Economics teachers’ instructional delivery methods, teachers should pay attention to group dynamics so to help them adopt the best pedagogy that meet the learning needs of almost all the student when dealing with any Economics topic. Also, Economics teachers in their capacity should encourage the culture of enquiry into the background information of his or her students (male and female) during pre and post interactive face of instruction and incorporate their feedback into subsequent planning and preparation.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Economics Teachers’ Instructional Practices in Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Instructional Practices ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Instructional Delivery ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Recognition ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
School Heads

The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of Economics teachers’ in instructional practices in the Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The variables considered were: planning and preparation, classroom environment management and instructional delivery methods. The researcher used descriptive cross-sectional survey as the design. The researcher employed the multi- staged sampling. Questionnaires and observation checklist were used as instruments to collect quantitative and qualitative data from respondents. The instrument after a pilot testing in four senior high schools in the KEEA District of the Central Region yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.89. The data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. It was revealed that Economics teachers planning and preparation, classroom environments management and instructional delivery were effective following that there was no much disparity in the view of teachers. The study recommended that school heads should focus on teacher professional development for Economics teachers to improve their instructional practices and increase the level of professional recognition by stakeholders.

scholarly journals Gender Dimension in the Development of Effective Teaching Skills among University of Cape Coast (Ucc) Distance Education Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Paul Dela Ahiatrogah
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Significant Difference

The study examined gender dimension in the development of effective teaching skills among distance education (DE)students. The conceptual framework for the study is gender mainstreaming which centres on pluralistic approach todiversity issues among both men and women. A longitudinal developmental research design was used for the study.A sample size of 376 distance education students made up of 173(46.01%) female and 203 (53.99%) male werepurposefully selected from 5 regional study centres of College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast(UCC) across Ghana. Data was collected using the Teaching Practice (Practicum) Assessment Form ‘A’ of UCC.The two research questions sought to find out the performance of male and female DE students on On-CentreTeaching Practice (OCTP) and School-Based Teaching Practice (SBTP) respectively. Five hypotheses were alsoformulated to guide the study. Results of the study revealed that the teaching skills acquired by both male and femaleDE students during OCTP and SBTP were good. However, a statistically significant difference exists between theteaching skills acquired by male and female DE students. Similarly, gender was found to have effect on theacquisition of teaching skills. It is recommended that all policy makers in the area of teaching practice should bemindful of gender issues in the development of teaching skills. Institutions involved in training teachers usingdistance education mode should stress the four levels of effective teaching skills assessed in this paper formeaningful practical teaching during teaching practice.

Instructional Delivery Methods for Training Students To Operate Computers: An Empirical Study

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Alan Kluge
Keyword(s):  
Computer Training ◽  
Instructional Delivery ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Performance Time ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Performance Results ◽  
Training Delivery ◽  
Instructional Delivery Methods

Why is it that students of apparently equal capability vary greatly in their ability to learn to use a computer system, that some individuals require little more than a manual while others require careful explanation before they are able to complete even the simplest tasks? To answer this question an experiment was conducted where students were taught how to use a computerized beverage management system by one of two instructional delivery methods, manual-based training (MBT) and instructor-based training (IBT). Subjects trained using IBT took significantly longer to train than did subjects using MBT. After being trained, however, subjects using MBT took significantly longer to complete a series of problems than did subjects using IBT. Correlations between instructional method and performance time were partially explained by the individual characteristic of field-dependence/ independence. The characteristics of anxiety, prior computer experience, sex and age did not significantly relate to training delivery method or performance. Results like these that relate success of specific training delivery methods to characteristics of individual learners may suggest ways to change computer training to accommodate a wider range of users.

A Learning Technology Curriculum: The First Step

1975 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos R. Vest
Keyword(s):  
Systems Design ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Instructional Delivery ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Technology Curriculum ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Formal Curriculum ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
American University ◽  
Instructional Delivery Methods

The concepts of learning technology are based on several decades of research and demonstration. A formal curriculum to train people to enter this field, however, does not exist. To initiate the development of such a course of study a conference was held at American University on March 11 and 12, 1975. This meeting, sponsored by American University and the Society for Applied Learning Technology, brought together a group of experts in this field with experience in both theoretical concepts and general applications. Topics covered included the following: performance architecture; instructional delivery methods and management; learning systems design; and, the cost and economics of various approaches to learning technology. Most concepts were illustrated with a number of current applications. As a result of the meeting it was recommended that a learning technology curriculum be specified, broadly consisting of the following categories: 1) a section on performance architecture or systems design, 2) a grouping devoted to instructional delivery methods, 3) a treatment of costs and economics, and 4) a series of case studies for training in the problem solving process.

Cranial crassicaudiasis in two coastal dolphin species from South Africa is predominantly a disease of immature individuals

2020 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
MF Van Bressem ◽  
P Duignan ◽  
JA Raga ◽  
K Van Waerebeek ◽  
N Fraijia-Fernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Bone Development ◽  
Bottlenose Dolphins ◽  
Fatal Outcome ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Osteolytic Lesions ◽  
Immune Mediated ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference

Crassicauda spp. (Nematoda) infest the cranial sinuses of several odontocetes, causing diagnostic trabecular osteolytic lesions. We examined skulls of 77 Indian Ocean humpback dolphins Sousa plumbea and 69 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins Tursiops aduncus, caught in bather-protecting nets off KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) from 1970-2017, and skulls of 6 S. plumbea stranded along the southern Cape coast in South Africa from 1963-2002. Prevalence of cranial crassicaudiasis was evaluated according to sex and cranial maturity. Overall, prevalence in S. plumbea and T. aduncus taken off KZN was 13 and 31.9%, respectively. Parasitosis variably affected 1 or more cranial bones (frontal, pterygoid, maxillary and sphenoid). No significant difference was found by gender for either species, allowing sexes to be pooled. However, there was a significant difference in lesion prevalence by age, with immature T. aduncus 4.6 times more likely affected than adults, while for S. plumbea, the difference was 6.5-fold. As severe osteolytic lesions are unlikely to heal without trace, we propose that infection is more likely to have a fatal outcome for immature dolphins, possibly because of incomplete bone development, lower immune competence in clearing parasites or an over-exuberant inflammatory response in concert with parasitic enzymatic erosion. Cranial osteolysis was not observed in mature males (18 S. plumbea, 21 T. aduncus), suggesting potential cohort-linked immune-mediated resistance to infestation. Crassicauda spp. may play a role in the natural mortality of S. plumbea and T. aduncus, but the pathogenesis and population level impact remain unknown.

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