Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the colleges of education graduates academic achievements in visual arts and their subject matter competency for quality delivering of primary schools creative arts curriculum in Ghana. The study employed cross-sectional survey design. The study targeted visual arts lecturers and graduates of colleges of education. The sample size for the study was 241 (5 lecturers & 236 graduates). The instruments used for data collection were questionnaire and interview guide. The findings of H01 indicated that colleges of education graduates academic achievements in visual arts have no relationship with their subject matter competency for quality delivering of primary schools creative arts curriculum. The results of H02 revealed that teaching and learning resources have positive relationship with the quality delivering of primary schools creative arts curriculum. The study revealed that colleges of education graduates academic achievements in visual arts do not reflect their subject matter competency for quality delivering of the primary school creative arts curriculum. The study also found out that teaching and learning resources were not available for quality delivering of primary schools creative arts curriculum. The study recommended that Ghana Education Service should liaise with visual arts units in colleges of education to periodically organise workshops and seminars for primary school teachers to enhance their subject matter competency. The study also recommended that government should supply creative arts textbooks, modern visual arts teaching and learning resources and tools and materials lacking in primary schools to promote effective teaching and learning of creative arts.
Highlights
Teaching and learning of visual arts in colleges of education in Ghana is to enable trainee teachers acquire basic skills in visual arts to teach at basic level of education, transmit and preserve Ghanaian culture, provide jobs for learners and to generate income for learners and the government [1]
H01: Colleges of education graduates academic achievements in visual arts have no relationship with their subject matter competency for quality delivering of primary school creative arts curriculum
To obtain the results of H01: which stated that colleges of education graduates academic achievements in visual arts have no relationship with their subject matter competencies for quality delivering of primary school creative arts curriculum, point-biserial correlation coefficient was used
Summary
Teaching and learning of visual arts in colleges of education in Ghana is to enable trainee teachers acquire basic skills in visual arts to teach at basic level of education, transmit and preserve Ghanaian culture, provide jobs for learners and to generate income for learners and the government [1]. Academic achievements refer to learners’ success in learning specified curriculum content as discovered by continuous evaluation and examination [2]. Academic achievement is a degree of students’ success in performing particular tasks in a subject or area of study after a teaching and learning experience [3]. Academic achievement is designated by grades, tests and examinations scores which show learners’ educational reputations [4]. Academic achievement denotes how learners deal with their studies and how they successfully cope with diverse tasks assign to them by their teachers in a specific time or academic year [5]. Academic achievement consists of students’ performance in tests, course work and examinations in each year which culminates in a Grade Point Average [6].
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