Students’ Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Techniques Used in Teaching and Learning of Social Studies in the Colleges of Education in Ghana
Table 3.
Perceptions regardingteaching and learning of social studies
| Statements | SA f(%) | A f(%) | D f(%) | SD f(%) | Total f(%) | | Social Studies contributes to solving societal problems | 211(76.2) | 45(16.2) | 13(4.7) | 8(2.9) | 277(100) | | Social studies is the only subject engineered to provide citizenship education | 119(42.9) | 106(38.3) | 47(17.0) | 5(1.8) | 277(100) | | College students show less interest in Social Studies | 29(10.5) | 50(18.1) | 114(41.1) | 84(30.3) | 277(100) | | Social Studies is the easiest field of study | 47(17.0) | 79(28.5) | 104(37.5) | 47(17.0) | 277(100) | | There should exist no Social Studies as a field of study and no Social Studies teacher | 23 (8.3) | 19(6.9) | 45(16.2) | 190(68.6) | 277(100) | | Students dedicate much time to studying Social Studies | 47(17.0) | 114(41.1) | 90(32.5) | 26(9.4) | 277(100) | Source: Field Data, 2021
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Source: Field Data, 2021 |
