The Impact of Supported Teaching in the Basic Schools in Ghana: The Role of Teacher Trainees and Tutors of Colleges
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https://doi.org/10.58256/ects.v1i1.120Keywords:
initial teacher education, on-campus teaching, supported teaching, student teacher, teacher traineesAbstract
In Ghana teacher education has been undergoing a phase of change and growth. This reform and growth occurs in response to the need to provide professional teachers for youth education at all levels of the country's education system. This has become increasingly challenging in relation to a rapidly evolving society that needs a new crop of students who are shaped to play new responsibilities in society's growth. The skills and knowledge needed for productive living have dramatically altered, largely as a result of technological change and its effect on most employment and occupations. The aim of the study was to understand the impact of supported teaching on the teacher trainees in the basic schools in Ghana. The study adopted a desktop literature review method (desk study). The research revealed that supported teaching on implementation has the power to transform the society at large, not only the students.
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