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Download full textAnthony M. Denkyirah; Yaw Nyadu Offei; Emmanuel K. Acheampong – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2019
Hearing screening in public schools is not common practice in developing countries like Ghana. Yet, the World Health Organization (WHO) (2012) reported that 90% of children with hearing problems live in developing countries. This study was conducted in a rural community in the Central Region of Ghana to find out (a) hearing problems among students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, Screening Tests, Rural Schools
Oppong, Alexander M.; Adu, Joyce; Fobi, Daniel; Acheampong, Emmanuel K. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2018
Guided by Tinto's (1975) model of student retention or departure, this phenomenological study explored academic experiences of students who are deaf at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Ghana. Fourteen deaf students were purposively sampled from a population of 36 students. Data were gathered through a semi-structured interview. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Experience, Deafness
Alhassan, Abdul-Razak Kuyini; Abosi, Chigorom Okechukwu – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2017
Ghana education service (GES) has not achieved much in curriculum adaption to address the needs of children with disability. The aim of this study is to investigate teachers' pedagogical competence (TPC) in curriculum adaptation to include children with LD in primary schools. Mixed-Method Design Strategy involving 387 sampled teachers was used.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Teacher Competencies, Curriculum Development
Abosi, Okechukwu; Alhassan, Abdul Razak Kuyini – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2017
Teachers' pedagogical competencies level is increasingly affecting the implementation of inclusive education policy in many countries. The aimed at comparing primary school teachers' competence levels in supporting children with learning difficulties in Brunei Darussalam and Ghana. Descriptive survey design was used and 188 primary school teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Skills
Hayford, Samuel K.; Ocansey, Frederick – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2017
This study reports part of a national survey on sources of information, education and communication materials on HIV/AIDS available to students with visual impairments in residential, segregated, and integrated schools in Ghana. A multi-staged stratified random sampling procedure and a purposive and simple random sampling approach, where…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Visual Impairments, Teaching Methods
Kumedzro, Felix Kwame; Otube, Nelly; Wamunyi, Chomba; Runo, Mary – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2016
The study aimed at establishing relationship between leadership style of head teachers and retention of special education teachers in Southern Ghana. The study was purely quantitative and utilized descriptive correlation design which allowed the researcher to establish the strength and direction of the relationship between the independent variable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Styles, Principals, Teacher Persistence
