Senior High Schoolers' Atitudes toward Visual Art Education in Ghanaian Secondary Schools

Abstract

This research aims at studying senior high school students' attitudes toward visual art education in terms of a) their gender, b) their level in education, c) the location of school. The current research was conducted with sample of 385 students selected from six senior high schools located in both urban and peri-urban precincts in Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 2015-2016 academic years. A perspectives scale of 50items was employed so as to obtain the data required. The alpha reliability for the scale of perspectives toward visual art education was found to be 0.766. The t-test was used in the comparison of pairs whereas one directional variance analysis and Scheffe test was used in comparing groups larger than pairs in data analyses. In consequence, the statistical data demonstrated that senior high school visual art students' perspectives towards visual art education did not differ on the basis of a) gender and b) education level, however, significant difference existed between those located in the peri-urban and urban communities.