Abstract:
The focus of this study was on cross sectional stakeholder (students, parents &
teachers’) perception on some determinants of students’ poor performance in Social
studies. The design of this study was descriptive case study research design aimed at
eliciting information from the respondents on factors that determine students’ poor
performance in the selected secondary schools and the population of the study
comprised 10 selected secondary school teachers who teach Social studies in Wa
municipal education zone. Two hundred students, 10 parents and 2 GES officials also
formed part of the study population. The instrument used for data collection was
questionnaire and data were analyzed using mean frequencies and charts for all
research questions. The findings of the study revealed that school/government related
factors, teachers’ related factors and students’ factors are some determinants of
students’ performance in Social studies. The researcher recommended based on the
findings that only competent and qualified Social studies teachers should be employ
to teach the subject in secondary schools
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Social Studies,
Faculty of Social Sciences Education, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment
of the requirement for the award of the degree of
Master of Education
(Social Studies Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
