Abstract:
The main goal of this work is investigating the challenges of teaching traditional
music in Ghanaian schools. It focused on the interest of students in traditional music, the
attitude of teachers in the teaching of traditional music, and looked at the content and
methodology, and then the materials and musical instruments used to teach traditional
music. The study used the qualitative research paradigm. The research method used for
the research is the case study. The study involved three selected private schools in Kasoa
namely: Young Executive School, Little Rock Academy and Father’s Legacy
International School. The study population was all the private schools in Kasoa. The
accessible population involved fifty students and three teachers of these three selected
private schools. The instruments used were interview and observation. The research
revealed the following challenges: traditional music is not taught very often in these
private schools; the attitude of the students to traditional music was negative; there were
few inadequate traditional musical resources found in these schools; and there were
absence of instructional materials-books and music manuscripts in these schools. It was
recommended that adequate traditional musical resources be provided in these schools;
there should be provision of instructional materials; traditional music should be taught
very often and every effort should be made by the heads and teachers of these schools in
order to win students’ interest to traditional music.
Description:
A Thesis in the Department of Music Education, School of Creative Arts, submitted
to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba in partial
fulfilment of the requirements for award of the Master of Philosophy in Music
Education degree.