Effects of 2010 Educational and Curriculum Reforms on Senior High School Textile Training in Ghana

Johnson Kofi Kassah; Godwin Gbadagba; Vida Adzo Amegbanu

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Effects of 2010 Educational and Curriculum Reforms on Senior High School Textile Training in Ghana

Johnson Kofi Kassah, Godwin Gbadagba, Vida Adzo Amegbanu

Published in American Journal of Art and Design (Volume 4, Issue 4)

Received: 31 October 2019 Accepted: 27 November 2019 Published: 6 December 2019

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Ghana’s 2010 educational/ curriculum reform on senior high school textile training. The study employed descriptive survey design. The sample size for the study was 22 (16 textile teachers, & 6 HoDs of visual arts department). The research instruments used for the study were semi-structured interview and documents analysis. The study found out that the students were interested in studying textiles but the 2010 curriculum review, which led to new policy on the visual arts subjects’ combination has resulted in the collapse of textile training in most senior high schools which used to offer textiles. The study recommended that the policy on visual arts subject combination which forces learners to pursue visual arts subjects they were not interested in studying should be abolished to enable the students’ who are interested in studying textile pursue it and any other visual arts subjects they intend to study. Also, Ministry of Education in collaboration with Ghana Education Service and textile industries should institute scholarship package for creative and excel textile students as a means of attracting more students to study textiles.

Published in	American Journal of Art and Design (Volume 4, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajad.20190404.14
Page(s)	68-72
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Visual Arts, Textile Training, Educational Reform, Curriculum Reform

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Johnson Kofi Kassah, Godwin Gbadagba, Vida Adzo Amegbanu. Effects of 2010 Educational and Curriculum Reforms on Senior High School Textile Training in Ghana. Am J Art Des. 2019;4(4):68-72. doi: 10.11648/j.ajad.20190404.14

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Johnson Kofi Kassah

Department of Vocational Education, St. Francis College of Education, Hohoe, Ghana
Godwin Gbadagba

Department of Vocational Education, Dambai College of Education, Dambai, Ghana
Vida Adzo Amegbanu

Department of Vocational Education, Mampong Technical College of Education, Ashanti Mampong Ghana

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