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EXISTING PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES USED FOR TEACHING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE IN ART (GKA) IN SELECTED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AT SEKONDI-TAKORADI, GHANA

Authors:
Seth Kofi Pye , Nana Afia Opoku-Asare, Martin Gyekye-Ampofo, Theophilus Kankam and Jacob O. Commodore

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Seth Kofi Pye1 , Nana Afia Opoku-Asare², Martin Gyekye-Ampofo³, Theophilus Kankam4 and Jacob O. Commodore5
1,2,3,4,5. Department of Educational Innovations, Science and Technology. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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Pye, Seth Kofi, et al. "EXISTING PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES USED FOR TEACHING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE IN ART (GKA) IN SELECTED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AT SEKONDI-TAKORADI, GHANA." Int. j. of Social

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ABSTRACT:
There are numerous pedagogical strategies for teaching and learning but the effective ones that can bolster student learning abilities in GKA have been shelved by senior high school teachers in Sekondi-Takoradi. Using the mixed method research design, questionnaires and interviews were used to gather data from a sample size of 165 participants (15 teachers and 150 students) to unravel the existing pedagogical strategies used by teachers in the teaching and learning of GKA. The study revealed that the majority of the sampled teachers did not use pedagogical strategies such as multimedia resources, hands-on activities, collaborative learning, real-life applications, and digital resources in their GKA instructions. The results also revealed teachers’ reliance on textbooks as their most adopted teaching strategy for the teaching and learning of GKA. The study therefore recommends the adoption of innovative pedagogical strategies by teaching to enhance the teaching and learning of GKA in the senior high schools.

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