Abstract:
This Dissertation is aimed at evaluating the teaching and learning of sewing in the
Junior High Schools in the Amansie West District. The aim was to find out whether
the programme is being taught and learned in the selected schools and to check the
courses taught whether there are adequate qualified teachers, teaching and learning
materials. Using observation as a tool for this, the researcher visited the sewing
departments of selected schools, to assess the quality of teaching and learning being
done in Basic Design and Technology. The researcher investigated the problems
associated with the gap among Pre-Technical skills, Pre-Vocational skills and Home
Economics (sewing and catering) courses under the programme in selected Private
and Public Junior High Schools in the Amansie West District. She also assessed
pupils, and their sewing teachers as they taught, as well as the qualifications of heads
and the sewing teachers. Infrastructure and general performance of the pupils were
also evaluated. It was found out that some of the schools were not doing all the
courses in the programme except one. Therefore, it is recommended that the teaching
and learning of Basic Design and Technology (sewing) be given much more attention.
The government should introduce compulsory BDT in the first year senior high
school curriculum so that the teaching and learning of it at the basic levels would be
taken seriously. Teaching and learning aids in BDT (sewing) should also be made
available to teachers and learners. It is hoped that if these recommendations are given
a second thought, teachers at both the private and the public schools would be more
serious about the teaching and learning of the sewing subjects. This would make the
pupils learn better and acquire the needed skills in order to establish themselves even
after completion at this level. The accessible population for the study was 363
pupils/students from 6 selected public and private JHS, using data collection through
school visits to observe teaching and learning process in Basic Design and
Technology.
Description:
A Thesis in the Department of Fashion Design and Textiles Technology Education,
Faculty of Technology submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, University of
Education, Winneba in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of the Master
of Technology
JULY 2014