A BRIEF HISTORY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION IN GHANA FROM THE COLONIAL ERA TO PRESENT DAY
UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
NAME: JOSHUA KWABENA OWIREDU
INDEX NUMBER: 8130130012
LEVEL: 800
COURSE CODE: PSC 612
COURSE TITLE: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN SCIENCE
NAME OF LECTURER: ERNEST I. D .N NGMAN-WARA, PhD
QUESTION
WRITE A BRIEF HISTORY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION IN GHANA FROM THE COLONIAL ERA TO PRESENT DAY.
An Introduction
Science education is the cultivation and disciplining the mind and other faculties of an individual to utilize science for improving his life, cope with an increasingly technological world, or pursue science academically and professionally, and for dealing responsibly with science related social issues (Akpan, 1992).
Ghana, formerly known as the Gold Coast, was the first African country to the south of the Sahara to gain political independence from colonial rule in 1957. This former British colony of 92,000 square miles (about 238,000 square kilometers) shares boundaries with three French-speaking nations: the Côte d 'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north and Togo to the east. The Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean is to the south of the country. EARLY HISTORY OF EDUCATION BEFORE INDEPENDENCE
As was the case in many colonies during the early colonial period, the main goal of education was to ‘make civilization march hand-in-hand with evangelization’ (Anum –Odoom, 2013). This statement gives a clear description of how education in Ghana was implemented at that time. The formal, western-style education in Ghana is directly associated with the history of European activities on the Gold Coast
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive at the Guinea coast in 1471. Their intention to establish schools was expressed in imperial instructions that, in 1529, encouraged the Governor of the Portuguese Castle at Elmina to teach reading, writing, and the Catholic religion to the people. It is imply proven that the Danish, Dutch and the
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
NAME: JOSHUA KWABENA OWIREDU
INDEX NUMBER: 8130130012
LEVEL: 800
COURSE CODE: PSC 612
COURSE TITLE: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN SCIENCE
NAME OF LECTURER: ERNEST I. D .N NGMAN-WARA, PhD
QUESTION
WRITE A BRIEF HISTORY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION IN GHANA FROM THE COLONIAL ERA TO PRESENT DAY.
An Introduction
Science education is the cultivation and disciplining the mind and other faculties of an individual to utilize science for improving his life, cope with an increasingly technological world, or pursue science academically and professionally, and for dealing responsibly with science related social issues (Akpan, 1992).
Ghana, formerly known as the Gold Coast, was the first African country to the south of the Sahara to gain political independence from colonial rule in 1957. This former British colony of 92,000 square miles (about 238,000 square kilometers) shares boundaries with three French-speaking nations: the Côte d 'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north and Togo to the east. The Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean is to the south of the country. EARLY HISTORY OF EDUCATION BEFORE INDEPENDENCE
As was the case in many colonies during the early colonial period, the main goal of education was to ‘make civilization march hand-in-hand with evangelization’ (Anum –Odoom, 2013). This statement gives a clear description of how education in Ghana was implemented at that time. The formal, western-style education in Ghana is directly associated with the history of European activities on the Gold Coast
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive at the Guinea coast in 1471. Their intention to establish schools was expressed in imperial instructions that, in 1529, encouraged the Governor of the Portuguese Castle at Elmina to teach reading, writing, and the Catholic religion to the people. It is imply proven that the Danish, Dutch and the
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