Course Description
The essence of the course is to create awareness among student teachers by tackling the key issues of identity and interconnections that define individuals and their links to the community, occupations and entrepreneurial skills, core values and competencies that enables the individual to become a functional citizen who can contribute to the development of their communities and become effective teachers capable of developing these qualities in the pupils they teach. The course draws attention of student teachers to the need to engage all learners with a view to ensuring equity and inclusivity in the class with emphasis on engaging the diverse capacities of individuals
in society. The course will be delivered using a variety of pedagogical approaches including group discussions, critical thinking, pair share, community walks, field visits, role plays and work-based learning experience and school visits. Assessment of, for and as learning, will use methods such as quizzes, oral presentations, project works, and the evaluation of their recorded experiences in the journals in their portfolios. (Reference from NTS 1f; 1e; 1g; 2c; NTECF pgs. 16, 55).
Key contextual factors
The Foundations of Social Studies and Technical, Vocational Education and Training draws on the commonalities in the focus of the two courses. These subjects were previously taught as separate courses as if they were unrelated. The key enablers of this strand are that there exist opportunities for apprenticeship in the communities and the chance to develop a new understanding of the social dimensions of the skills acquired. SSTVET positions Social Studies and TVET as related areas of study within the context of the growing multicultural setting, and the importance of TVET in the socio-economic development of Ghana. Furthermore, the strand clarifies the value systems needed to improve on the development of employability skills and the right attitudes to work that a functional and good citizen must possess.
