{"title":"Exploring Teacher Quality and Effective Teaching of Social Studies in Junior High Schools in Ghana","authors":"Georgina Asibey, David Arhin","doi":"10.11648/j.ijeedu.20221101.12","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":": Variances in various definitions support the combined differences in ways of measuring teachers’ quality and teaching effectiveness, can even yield inconsistent findings of educational proficiency. The purpose of this study was to explore teacher quality and effective teaching of Social Studies in junior high schools in Ghana. The target population was 225 teachers. However, sample size was 142 teachers which was sampled through proportionate stratified sampling procedure. The study employed a descriptive survey design","PeriodicalId":39088,"journal":{"name":"International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijeedu.20221101.12","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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: Variances in various definitions support the combined differences in ways of measuring teachers’ quality and teaching effectiveness, can even yield inconsistent findings of educational proficiency. The purpose of this study was to explore teacher quality and effective teaching of Social Studies in junior high schools in Ghana. The target population was 225 teachers. However, sample size was 142 teachers which was sampled through proportionate stratified sampling procedure. The study employed a descriptive survey design
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As an international, multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, IEJEE provides a platform for the publication of scientific research in the all areas of education on elementary grades. IEJEE is a multidisciplinary journal, committed to no single approach, discipline, methodology or paradigm. It is concerned with elementary education in general and devoted to all concerned with elementary education. IEJEE welcomes original empirical investigations. The papers may represent a variety of theoretical perspectives and different methodological approaches. The major criteria in the review and the selection process concern the significance of the contribution to the area of elementary education.