Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to ascertain the influence of students’ learning styles on
teachers’ instructional practices in public Senior High Schools within the Bekwai Township.
The study was basically a cross-sectional survey which used descriptive survey (structured
questionnaires) to gather the data from 60 respondents. Descriptive statistics were used to
analyse the results. The results of the study revealed that majority of the teachers did not
consider students learning styles before teaching. In addition, according to the findings
majority of the teachers did not consider students learning styles during teaching. The study
also revealed that there was no significant difference in professional and non-professional
teachers in terms of consideration of students’ learning styles before and during teaching.
Based on the findings of the study, the researcher recommends that intensive workshop
programmes should be conducted by the Ghana Education Service on regular basis for
teachers to equip them with recent trends of methods to teach students with diverse learning
styles. Moreover, the minority of the teachers who considered students’ learning styles should
be motivated by their respective heads of schools to enable them continue the process of
considering students’ learning styles and for others to emulate this exemplary act.
Description:
A Project Report in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of
Education and Communication Sciences, submitted to the School of Graduate
Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for award of the Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
2016