Ghanaian Specific Culturally Relevant Ways of Interaction between Teachers and Children: The Case of Three Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis in the Central Region of Ghana

Abstract

The study was a video-based qualitative study of three Kindergarten classrooms in Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana. The design for the study was a qualitative video analysis of three early childhood centers in Cape Coast using video cameras to capture classroom interactions to be able to answer the question: What are some Ghanaian specific culturally relevant ways of interaction between teachers and children? The findings showed that some Ghanaian values that children experienced at home were transferred to the classrooms and used by the teachers as specific culturally relevant ways of interaction between the teachers and children in the participant schools. They included the following: Punishments and Rewards, Silence, Eyeing (stern looking), and Singing and Dancing.