Assessing the Effect of teaching Integrated Science Through Historical Approach in Adjena Senior High Technical School in Asuogyaman District, Ghana

B.O.K. Essah¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.6 , Issue.9 , pp.43-48, Sep-2020

Online published on Sep 30, 2020

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Abstract :
The focus of the study was to assess the effect of teaching integrated science through historical approach in Adjena Senior High Technical School in Asuogyaman District, Ghana. A descriptive survey was used to conduct the research. The projected population of the school was 850. A purposive sampling technique with 274 respondents as the sample size were used for data collection and analysis. A questionnaire survey was used for conducting the research. Percentages and frequencies were the descriptive statistical tools used to examine demographic parameters such as age, gender and academic qualification of participants. In assessing the effect of historical approach to teaching of integrated science, a linear regression was used. This study discovered that a greater portion of the students prefer using Aki-Ola and Approacher’s series in Adjena Senior High Technical School. All teachers indicated that they have historical knowledge in measurement, Endogenous Technology and Variation, Inheritance and Evolution. The R-Square results shows that there was 23.4% variation in effects of historical approach in teaching students can be explained by use of historical approach in teaching integrated science. The F-statistic of 37.452 computed produced a significant value of 0.000 (p < 0.05), hence we reject the null hypothesis which says that there is no effect to the historical approach to teaching integrated science in Adjena Senior High Technical school. With reference to the findings of this study and other works elsewhere, the researcher recommended that in-service trainings should be conducted by the Ghana Education Service on how to integrate historical approach in the teaching of integrated science in senior high schools in the district inorder to assist teachers to convey the concept of integrated science effectively and efficiently in class.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Historical Approach, Integrated science, Teaching, Learning, Adjena

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