International Journal of Innovative Research and Development

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The study investigated the evaluation of selected primary school textbooks in Ghana. It was also intended to seek for the primary teachers and pupils’ concern about the textbooks. The researchers’ primary goal was to establish a correlation between the variables “primary textbooks”, and “children”. 10 Teachers and 150 pupils responded to a 37 textbook evaluation scheme to express their views concerning the textbooks. The methods employed by the researchers were the content analysis and the descriptive method. The data collection instruments used for the study was by interview and observation. It is posited that quality textbooks enhance effective teaching and learning at the primary school level. The arrangements of illustrations do not follow any logical sequence. The text and illustrations in the textbooks should equally portray males and females to avoid negative gender stereotypes that can affect the aspirations, abilities, attitudes, knowledge and the skills of female learners. There is no testing of textbooks in the classroom before production; therefore, teachers do not contribute to the textbook content development. In Conclusion, the most important task as a nation for the next five to ten years is to create reformed textbooks, which may become popular among teachers. 

The study investigated the evaluation of selected primary school textbooks in Ghana. It was also intended to seek for the primary teachers and pupils’ concern about the textbooks. The researchers’ primary goal was to establish a correlation between the variables “primary textbooks”, and “children”. 10 Teachers and 150 pupils responded to a 37 textbook evaluation scheme to express their views concerning the textbooks. The methods employed by the researchers were the content analysis and the descriptive method. The data collection instruments used for the study was by interview and observation. It is posited that quality textbooks enhance effective teaching and learning at the primary school level. The arrangements of illustrations do not follow any logical sequence. The text and illustrations in the textbooks should equally portray males and females to avoid negative gender stereotypes that can affect the aspirations, abilities, attitudes, knowledge and the skills of female learners. There is no testing of textbooks in the classroom before production; therefore, teachers do not contribute to the textbook content development. In Conclusion, the most important task as a nation for the next five to ten years is to create reformed textbooks, which may become popular among teachers. 

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This study is a record of the unique procedure developed by the creative design lecturers at Department of Fashion Design and Textiles Studies of Kumasi Polytechnic, as their contribution to academic training for the Fashion Industry. The study is purely qualitative and it describes how fashion students with a creative touch to produce garments have used traditional resources. The study is a collaboration between the local Fashion Industry in Kumasi and the Fashion Department of Kumasi Polytechnic. Activities of selected local industry players were observed and the management of those fashion houses were interviewed to identify challenges in the garment design and production process. Findings from the fieldwork identified the lack of research and creativity as a major gap in the garment designing process. Subsequently, interventions were designed and used to develop a model for the local fashion industry. The result is a demonstration of how garments can be developed through research by combining conventional and local resources. The unique experience is model for training Tailors and Dressmakers in the catchment area of Kumasi Polytechnic, and others in the Fashion field.

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