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dc.contributor.authorPeeters, Aaron Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Neilen
dc.contributor.authorKuyini-Abubakar, Ahmeden
dc.contributor.authorGamage, Sirisenaen
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-14T15:17:00Z-
dc.date.created2012en
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13642-
dc.description.abstractA two-cycle action research design was used to investigate how professional development could lead a cohort of Ghanaian teachers to start using teaching methods that were more likely to teach students to pronounce and comprehend what they read than the rote methods they were using. Teachers had informed the researcher that most of their students experienced difficulty reading. However, teachers were generally not inclined to examine the role that the rote methods they relied on contributed to this problem. The first action cycle involved the researcher teaching the teachers another way of teaching reading and guiding a process of reflection on teachers' practice. This failed to have any effect on how teachers taught reading. The explanation put forward by this research is that action cycle 1 failed because it assumed that teachers did not have a good reason to continue using rote, and bypassed the tacit reasoning which led teachers to view rote as the answer to their problems. The second action cycle explored the effect that the researcher had when he assumed the teachers were well intentioned, began to inquire into the types of problems that teachers faced and negotiated, rather than imposed, ways of evaluating current and alternative teaching approaches. The findings indicate that action cycle 2 successfully led a small group of teachers to start exploring alternatives to rote teaching that were more likely to teach students to pronounce and comprehend what they read.en
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dc.titleExploring the Effect of Professional Development on Primary Teachers' Practice in Northern Ghana: a Two-Cycle Action Research Projecten
dc.typeThesis Masters Researchen
dcterms.accessRightsUNE Greenen
dc.subject.keywordsCurriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Developmenten
local.contributor.firstnameAaron Michaelen
local.contributor.firstnameNeilen
local.contributor.firstnameAhmeden
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local.subject.for2008130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Developmenten
local.subject.seo2008930202 Teacher and Instructor Developmenten
dcterms.RightsStatementCopyright 2012 - Aaron Michael Peetersen
dc.date.conferred2013en
local.thesis.degreelevelMasters researchen
local.thesis.degreenameMaster of Education with Honoursen
local.contributor.grantorUniversity of New Englanden
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local.title.subtitlea Two-Cycle Action Research Projecten
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local.title.maintitleExploring the Effect of Professional Development on Primary Teachers' Practice in Northern Ghanaen
local.output.categorydescriptionT1 Thesis - Masters Degree by Researchen
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local.search.authorPeeters, Aaron Michaelen
local.search.supervisorTaylor, Neilen
local.search.supervisorKuyini-Abubakar, Ahmeden
local.search.supervisorGamage, Sirisenaen
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