AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AS A COMPONENT OF THE CURRICULUM OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL INTEGRATED SCIENCE IN GHANA. – ITS EFFECTS AND THE WAY FORWARD

  • Ransford Opoku Darko Research fellow, Research Centre of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology
  • Shouqi Yuan Jiangsu University
  • Davies Okyere University of Cape Coast,
  • Christina Offei Ansah University of Cape Coast
  • Junping Liu Jiangsu University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53555/ar.v2i6.65
Keywords: Agriculture, Education, Ghana, Learning, Science, Teaching

Abstract

The study sought to examine Agricultural Science as a component of the curriculum of Senior High School Integrated Science – its effects and the way forward within selected schools in the Greater Accra Region. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The research population was 150 students and 14 Integrated Science teachers. The disproportional, and census sampling techniqueswere used in selecting the participants for the study. Questionnaire made up of open and closeended questions were used to collect data. The findings of the study revealed the students’ knowledge level in Agriculture was low. Moreover, the teaching and learning of Integrated Science in the Senior High Schools was found to be bedeviled by challenges such as inadequate training for
Integrated Science teachers, inadequate Integrated Science textbooks in the schools’ library, insufficient time allocation among others. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended among others that the government, Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and other stakeholders should help in providing the needed resources and instruments needed that are needed for the effective teaching and learning of Agricultural Science and Integrated Science as a whole.

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Author Biographies

Ransford Opoku Darko, Research fellow, Research Centre of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology

Department of Agricultural Engineering
University of Cape Coast

Shouqi Yuan, Jiangsu University

Professor

Research Centre of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology

Davies Okyere, University of Cape Coast,

Post Graduate Diploma Education Student

Teaching Practice Unit

Christina Offei Ansah, University of Cape Coast

Associate Professor

Teaching Practice Unit

Junping Liu, Jiangsu University

Associate Professor

Research Centre of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology

Published
2016-06-30
How to Cite
Darko, R. O., Yuan, S., Okyere, D., Ansah, C. O., & Liu, J. (2016). AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AS A COMPONENT OF THE CURRICULUM OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL INTEGRATED SCIENCE IN GHANA. – ITS EFFECTS AND THE WAY FORWARD. IJRDO-Journal of Agriculture and Research (ISSN: 2455-7668), 2(6), 20-48. https://doi.org/10.53555/ar.v2i6.65
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Vol. 2 No. 6 (2016): IJRDO-Journal of Agriculture And Research
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