Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate challenges in the usage of instructional
materials in lesson delivery at Junior High Schools in the Kumbungu District of the
Northern Region of Ghana. The objectives of the study were to find out the kind of
instructional materials available, establish challenges in the usage of instructional materials
in lesson delivery and to determine strategies that could be adopted to address the
challenges in the usage of instructional material in lesson delivery. Descriptive survey
design using the quantitative approach was adopted for the study. The target population for
the study was teachers in public Junior High Schools. The accessible population was 107
teachers in the seven public Junior High Schools in the Kumbungu Circuit. Simple random
sampling was used to select 84 respondents for the study. Questionnaire was used for the
study. The data were processed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
software package version 16.0. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive
statistics. The study found that text books, charts, library books, pictures, computers and
posters were available. Also, lack of finance to acquire or improvise needed instructional
materials and insufficient time allocation to accommodate effective instructional materials
utilization were some of the challenges while provision of adequate funds to acquire or
improvise needed instructional materials and provision of back-up generator to augment
electricity power to be used for instructional materials that uses electrical power were some
strategies to address the challenges. It is recommended that the District Directorate of
Education should ensure that schools are adequately resourced financially to enable schools
to improvise instructional materials that are not available or damaged, to improve lesson
delivery.
Description:
A Dissertation to 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
DECEMBER, 2020