Abstract:
The study was conducted in Accra Technical University. It determined whether
Clothing and Textiles graduates from the Senior High School have a foundation for
Fashion Design and Textiles programme in Accra Technical University. The
objectives of the study were to; ascertain the contents learnt in Clothing and Textiles
at the S.H.S level; identify teaching methods used to deliver the contents of the
Clothing and Textiles subjects at the S.H.S level; examine students’ views on the
usefulness of contents learnt in S.H.S Clothing and Textiles and Fashion Design and
Textiles at the University level; find out from students’their performance in Fashion
Design and Textiles in the Technical University. The cross-sectional design was used
for the study. Two hundred and sixty (260) Fashion students were sampled through
stratified and simple random sampling techniques for the study. Questionnaire with
Crobanch’s alpha reliability coefficient (𝛼) of 0.77 was used as a research instrument
to collect data. Frequency count, percentage and mean, generated through Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26 software, were used to describe and
analyse the data. Pearson’s correlation test was used to test a hypothesis on a
significance level of p<0.05. The study revealed that the Clothing and Textiles
syllabus for Ghanaian Senior High Schools (S.H.S) is content-rich and to equips
students with appropriate vocational knowledge and practical skills. The study found
out that Clothing and Textiles lessons were taught mainly via, lecture, brainstorming,
discussion, demonstration, projects and practical work. The study also revealed that
the students had acquired foundation knowledge and skills in Textiles production. The
findings indicated that students performance assessment scores were generally high.
The study recommended that the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service
should institute and incorporate internship or apprenticeship programmes into the
curriculum of Senior High Schools to expose Clothing and Textiles students to
operations in the garment industry. Again, Clothing and Textile teachers in Ghanaian
SHS should design and use practical activities and interactive lessons that engage
students in active learning and experimentation to boost student interest in Clothing
and Textiles and entrepreneurship. The study recommended that Clothing and
Textiles teachers should organise field trip to enable effective and practical teaching
and learning. Again policy makers should include Clothing and Textiles programme
to be selected at the Senior High School and teachers on that field should encourage
students to offer Clothing and Textiles especially in selecting subject in the pre tertiary level
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Clothing and Textiles Education,
Faculty of Home Economics Education, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies, impartial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Home Economics Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
