Affective Wellbeing and the Teaching of Mu sic in Ghanaian Basic Schools: A Reflection
Any healthy education aims to develop the individual holistically. To help achieve and assess thisgoal, educational objectives have been categorized under three domains: cognitive, psychomotor and affective. The arts (music particularly), have been identified as being best suited for the...
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| author | Eric Debrah Otchere Isaac Richard Amuah Margaret Delali Numekevor |
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| description | Any healthy education aims to develop the individual holistically. To help achieve and assess thisgoal, educational objectives have been categorized under three domains: cognitive, psychomotor and affective. The arts (music particularly), have been identified as being best suited for the training of the affective domain. Using a number of instruments and triangulation methods, we examined this claim. We observed that music teaching in Ghanaian basic schools has, to a large extent, not fulfilled this mandate. We recommend the need to rethink the music program in two main ways: a) reviewing curricula materials and b) providing requisite training for music teachers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3da2dcdc3ecb4491914f4d1d3921202e2022-12-21T19:14:03ZengUniversity of GhanaLegon Journal of the Humanities2458-746X2016-12-0127210612110.4314/ljh.v27i2.7Affective Wellbeing and the Teaching of Mu sic in Ghanaian Basic Schools: A ReflectionEric Debrah Otchere0Isaac Richard Amuah1Margaret Delali Numekevor2University of Cape Coast, GhanaUniversity of Cape Coast, GhanaUniversity of Cape Coast, GhanaAny healthy education aims to develop the individual holistically. To help achieve and assess thisgoal, educational objectives have been categorized under three domains: cognitive, psychomotor and affective. The arts (music particularly), have been identified as being best suited for the training of the affective domain. Using a number of instruments and triangulation methods, we examined this claim. We observed that music teaching in Ghanaian basic schools has, to a large extent, not fulfilled this mandate. We recommend the need to rethink the music program in two main ways: a) reviewing curricula materials and b) providing requisite training for music teachers.affective wellbeingcognitiveeducationmusicpsychomotor |
| spellingShingle | Eric Debrah Otchere Isaac Richard Amuah Margaret Delali Numekevor Affective Wellbeing and the Teaching of Mu sic in Ghanaian Basic Schools: A Reflection Legon Journal of the Humanities affective wellbeing cognitive education music psychomotor |
| title | Affective Wellbeing and the Teaching of Mu sic in Ghanaian Basic Schools: A Reflection |
| title_full | Affective Wellbeing and the Teaching of Mu sic in Ghanaian Basic Schools: A Reflection |
| title_fullStr | Affective Wellbeing and the Teaching of Mu sic in Ghanaian Basic Schools: A Reflection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Affective Wellbeing and the Teaching of Mu sic in Ghanaian Basic Schools: A Reflection |
| title_short | Affective Wellbeing and the Teaching of Mu sic in Ghanaian Basic Schools: A Reflection |
| title_sort | affective wellbeing and the teaching of mu sic in ghanaian basic schools a reflection |
| topic | affective wellbeing cognitive education music psychomotor |
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