Music and Dance Teacher Preparation: The Role of Colleges of Education, Ghana

Abstract

The study is aimed at examining teacher preparation in Music and Dance at the Colleges of Education in Ghana. The purpose of the study was to look at the appropriateness of the course content, instructional materials and teaching strategies for effective teaching and learning process. The descriptive survey method of sequential exploratory Mixed-Method inquiry was employed for the study. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to sample 20 respondents made up of 16 student-teachers' and 4 tutors in the selected Colleges of Education. The instruments used for data collection were questionnaire, interview and classroom observation. The study revealed that lack of strong musical background of pre-service students, inappropriate teaching and learning resources, ill-preparation of Music and Dance Tutors hinder the growth of the subject. Similarly, inadequate in-service training and effective supervision, also has negative effect on the programme. The emerging issues from the study were contextualization, integration, integration and contextualization in practice.