Textile Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Ghana Senior High School Graduates Participation in Modernisation of Indigenous Textile Industry

Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore the influence of pedagogical content knowledge competencies of Ghana senior high school textile teachers on the modernisation of indigenous Ghanaian textile industry. A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. The study targeted senior high school textile teachers, senior high school textile graduates and heads of visual arts department. The sample size for the study was 243 (225 teachers, 12 textile graduates & 6 HoDs).  Questionnaire, interview guide and observation were the research instruments employed for data collection. The result of H₀₁ indicated that the pedagogical content knowledge of textile teachers has influence on the skills textile graduates needed to modernise the indigenous textile industry. The findings of the study also signposted that the pedagogical content knowledge of the textile teachers cannot enable the textile students to acquire the requisite skills needed to modernise the indigenous textile industry. The findings of the study indicated most of the Ghana senior high schools lacked textile training facilities and resources needed to modernise the indigenous textile industry. The study recommended that ministry of education should periodically sponsor textile teachers to have industrial attachments in both local and international renowned textile industries to learn modern content knowledge of textile manufacturing. There should also be periodic capacity building workshops on vocational skills pedagogical knowledge to enable the textile teachers effectively transmit the content knowledge to their students effectively.

Keywords: Content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge.

DOI: 10.7176/ADS/78-01

Publication date: November 30th 2019