TITLE:
Social Studies Student-Teachers’ Preparation for Effective Use of Teaching and Learning Materials: The Case of Northern Colleges of Education in Ghana
AUTHORS:
Segkulu Lucy, Gilbert Naa Emmideme, Atibiya Sylvester
KEYWORDS:
CoEs, Student-Teachers, Social Studies Tutors, TLMs
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.6,
June
29,
2022
ABSTRACT: Teaching and learning material (TLMs) enhance lesson
delivery leading to good academic performance of students. The purpose
of this study was to establish the extent to
which social studies student-teachers in two northern colleges of
education in Ghana are exposed to the use of TLMs in their preparation to teach
social studies. Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. Ten social studies tutors and 140 second
year student-teachers in 2 colleges of education were selected for the
study. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were
respectively used to select the student-teachers and the tutors. The instrument used for the
study was questionnaire for both categories
of respondents. The quantitative data obtained was analyzed using
frequencies and percentages. The study concluded that student-teachers were not
well exposed and adequately prepared for the use of TLMs to teach social studies. Even though the Colleges of
Education (CoEs) had quite a number of TLMs that could be adequately
used, most of these TLMs were not readily accessible for use. The study
therefore recommends that tutors should be innovative to identify the natural
environment/resources and use them, and also
encourage the student-teachers to use them for effective teaching and learning process.