The Views of Students on the Integration of Indigenous Industrial Activities in the Teaching and Learning of Integrated Science

Abstract

The main aim for this study is to investigate the views of students exposed to teaching science by integration of indigenous industrial activities in the teaching and learning of selected concepts of matter in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The study concentrated on the second year Junior High School students of Kaneshie Kingsway ‘2’ JHS of Kaneshie Kingsway Cluster of Schools in the Okaikoi South Metro of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.The study employedposttest-only non-equivalent control group design of the quasi-experimental research design. The researcher employed the purposive sampling technique for this study, making up of   43 males and 47 females. The instruments used for collecting data for this research were test, questionnaire and semi-structured interview schedules. The findings from this research indicated that students have positive view about the usage of teaching science by integration of indigenous industrial activities in the teaching and learning of selected concepts of matter.

Keywords: Indigenous Industrial Activities, Traditional Approach, Indigenous Knowledge, Enculturation.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-10-06

Publication date: April 30^th 2020