Expert Authority of Christian Religious Studies Teachers in Teaching Christian Religious Studies In the New Juaben Municipality

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the expert authority of Christian Religious Studies teachers in teaching and learning Christian Religious Studies in the New Juaben Municipality. The research design used was cross-sectional survey through quantitative research approach. The study covered all CRS teachers as well as form 1 and 2 students totaling 3,523 respondents. The sample size for the study was 423 which comprised 23 teachers and 400 students. The students were sampled using the proportionate random sampling procedure from a population of 3,500 whereas all the teachers were selected with the census method from eight senior high schools. A questionnaire was used to collect data from both CRS teachers and students. Each item was coded, processed and analyzed with the use of SPSS (version 25). It was found that the majority of the teachers of CRS have high content knowledge in the teaching of CRS. The CRS teachers were found to have high knowledge of teaching practices. CRS teachers have high personal leadership qualities. It was recommended that teachers should keep on upgrading themselves on issues related to the content of CRS. Again, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the various headmasters, parents and teachers should ensure there is adequate provision of seminars so that teachers can learn fresh skills on teaching practices so as to positively impact on the lives of their learners and also to help achieve the aims of education. Furthermore, GES should collaborate with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) to include in the curriculum theories of human development in the teaching and learning of CRS