The Challenges of Music Teaching and Learning in Primary Schools in Offinso South Municipality

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to explore the teaching of music and dance in primary schools in some selected schools in Offinso Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The research design was a survey design. The sample size was 50 teachers from primary schools in Offinso south municipality. The primary instruments for data collection used were interviews and questionnaire. It was found out that majority of the teachers at the primary school level have degrees in other subjects other than music and dance and this affected their teaching of music because they are not specialist teachers. Major challenges teachers encounter when teaching music and dance include lack of teaching implements, negative attitude of teachers towards the subject, and lack of textbooks. It was recommended that music and dance should be separated from the Creative Arts and make it an examinable subject like the other subjects in the National Curriculum.

Keywords: Music and dance, Attitude, Generalist program, Specialist program