Competencies That the Pre-Service Performing Arts Teachers’ Lack in Their Preparation at Colleges of Education, Ghana

Ebenezer Osei-Senyah, Maxwell Adu and Samuel Kumih
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Ebenezer Osei-Senyah: Offinso College of Education
Maxwell Adu: McCoy College of Education
Samuel Kumih: Al-Faruq College of Education

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022, vol. 6, issue 5, 360-373

Abstract: The study aimed at examining the special competencies that pre-service Performing Arts teachers’ lack in their preparation at Colleges of Education: Ghana. The descriptive survey technique of sequential exploratory mixed- method inquiry was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling techniques were used to sample (514) respondents made up of (509) pre-service teachers’ and (5) tutors in the selected Colleges of Education in Ghana. The main instruments used for data collection was questionnaire and classroom observation. The study revealed that the pre-service Performing Arts teachers lack the following: singing skills, skills in creating pop song, conducting skills, skills in playing traditional drums, skills in playing Atεntεbɛn and Gyile, dancing skills, skills in playing western melodic instruments like trumpet, skills in creating drama or dance drama and melodic and harmony writing skills. It was recommended that the pre-service Performing Arts teachers should be deeply involved in all the activities that will lead to the total development of their cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains.

Date: 2022
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