Teaching the Functions of the Three Arms of Government in a Junior High School Two Class Using Discussion and Fieldtrip: A Case Study at Kwabere East District in Ghana

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to help in Junior High School two to enable them state and explain the functions of the three arms of government in Ghana. Purposive sampling procedure was used for the study. This is because, the researcher aimed at improving the understanding of the entire class about the topic. Twenty (20) pupils were used for the study, twelve (12) girls and eight (8) boys with an average age of fourteen years (14 yrs) were. The instrument used for the study was a teacher made test which consist of twenty (20) objective questions. Pupils have little knowledge about the topic. Based on these problems that the researcher used discussion and field trip as the best technique to help pupils to overcome this problem. The researcher used the pre-test and post-test as a data collection procedure. After the analysis of the data, majority of the pupils scored above the 50% average mark on the post-test as compares to the pre-test. This means that, the intervention the researcher used was effective and has a positive impact on the pupils' academic performance. This study also advice teachers who teacher Social Studies to use varied methods, so that it will improve pupils' performance.