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STORYOFGHANAFROM ANCI
ENTTI
MESTOPRESENT

CONTEXT

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opedtotrainteacherswhocoul dteachst udent
st oappreci
ateandsolvet heemergi
ngenvi
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ssuesthatnegat i
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fectourcommuni ti
es.Thesei ssuesaregroundedwi t
hinthesocial,economi
candpoli
ticalspheres.
Manyoft hesei ssuesar easar esul
tofcer t
ainmi sconcepti
onandat ti
tudesthatnegativelyaf f
ectourcommuni ti
es.This
programmei s,therefor
e,desi
gnt oequi pteacher-
tr
aineeswi ththeappr opr
iateknowledge,skill
sandv al
uestoenabl ethem to
assistl
earnerstol i
vewellasresponsiblecit
izenswhohav eadequat eknowledgeont hesocial,economicandpol
i
ticalissuesin
Ghana.

Cour
seTi
tl
e Hi
stor
yofGhanaf
rom Anci
entt
imest
opr
esent

Cour
se EBS412 Cour
seLev
el: 400 Cr
edi
tVal
ue: 3 Semest
er 2
Code

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udentt
eacher
shav
eknowl
edgei
nhi
stor
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heseni
orhi
ghschool
lev
el.
requi
sit
e

Cour
se Face-to- Pract
ical Work-
Based Semi s4
nar I
ndependent e-
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ning
1
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ning3 udy5X
St oppor
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Modes
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Cour se Thiscourseexaminest hehi storyofGhanaf rom therecoveryofi ndependencei n1957t ot hebi r

thoft he
Descr ipt
ion FourthRepubli
cin1992.I tpr ovidesstudentstheopportunit
ytoexami net hepolit
ical,
economi candsoci al
for developmentsthattookpl acei nGhanai ntheprocessofnat i
on- building.Itexposesst udentst othenat ur
eof
signifi
cant poli
ti
csinGhana.I tal
sor eappr aisestheapproachesorst r
ategiest hev ariousgov ernmentsadopt edto
l
ear ning enhancethedev el
opmentoft hecount r
y.I
talsodiscussesthesoci o-culturalt
rendsoft heper iod.The
(i
ndi cate course,t
hen,reapprai
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tical
NTS, i
ndependence, t
oachiev eeconomi cdecol
onisat
ionandmoder nisation, andtoachi evesocial cohesion.Since
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hecoursealsoexami nesthe
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eofpost -
coloni
alGhanaforeignpoli
cyandGhana’ smember shipofint
ernat
ionalorgani
sati
ons.Final
ly,
addr
essed) thecoursereapprai
sesthecontextofinwhicht heFourthRepubli
cofGhanawasbor n,
discussesthelessons
andlegaci
esoft he1957–1992per i
od,andev aluat
estheprospectsoftheFourt
hRepubl i
c.

(
NTS2f
).

Course Out
comes: I
ndi
cat
ors:
Learning
Outcomes8: Byt
heendoft hecourse,t
hest udentshoul
dbeablet o: 1.i
dent i
fyt
hevari
ousofev ent
s
thatledt
otheattai
nmentof
i
ncluding 1.identi
fyt hevari
ousev entsthatledt
otheatt
ainmentof i
ndependenceofGhana.
INDICATOR independence
Sforeach 2.exploret
hepoli
ti
calandsocio
2.exami net hepoli
ti
cal,
economi candsocial -economicevent
s t
hat
l
earning
development st
hattookpl aceinGhanai
nthepr ocessof happenedinGhanainthe
outcome
nation-buildi
ng. processofnat
ionbuil
ding.
3.examinethechall
engesthecountryfacedini
tsef
for
ts 3.Examinethechallenges
toconsol
idatepoli
ti
cali
ndependence,toachi
eve Ghanafacedi nit
seffort
sto
economicdecoloni
sati
onandmoder nisati
on,
andto consol
idatepoli
ti
cal
achi
evesocialcohesi
on. i
ndependencei norderto
achi
eveeconomi c
decol
onisati
onand
modernisati
onaswel las
soci
alcohesion.
Cour
se Uni
ts Topi
cs: Sub-
topi
cs(
ifany
): Teachi
ngandlear
ningact
ivi
ti
est
oachi
eve
Cont
ent l
earni
ngoutcomes

1. I
ntr
oduct
ion  Theroadto  Teacherdi
scusseswit
hstudents
i
ndependence act
ivi
ti
esthatusher
edGhanat o
  Ghana’
s i
ndependence.
posi
ti
onin
 Teacherdi
scusseswithstudent
s
1957
Ghana’sposi
ti
onatindependencei
n
1957.
2 Nkr
umah’s Soci
al,economicand  Teacherguidestudentstodiscuss
Admini
str
ati
o pol
it
icaldevel
opments thepolit
icalandsoci
o-economic
n devel
opmentKwameNkr umah’s
administrat
ion.
3. The Soci
al,economicand  Teacherdiscussesthemajor
admini
str
ati
o pol
it
icaldevel
opments pol
iti
calandsocio-economic
nofthe devel
opmentwi thstudent
s.
Nati
onal
Li
berat
ion
Counci
l
4. Busi
a’s Soci
al,economicand  Teacherempl oy stheinqui
rymethod
admini
str
ati
o pol
it
icaldevel
opments ofteachingtogui destudentst
o
n explorethepol i
ti
calandsocio-
economi cdev el
opmentofBusi a’
s
admi ni
strat
ion.
5. Acheampong Soci
al,economicand  Teacherempl
oyst
hewhol
e
andAkuff
o’s pol
it
icaldevel
opments cl
ass
admini
str
ati
o
ns di
scussi
onmet
hodoft
eachi
ngt
o
gui
dest
udent
sident
if
ythesoci
al,
economicandpol
i
tical
dev
elopment
 t
hatt
ookpl
acei
nGhanadur
ing
AcheampongandAkuf
fo’
s
admi
nist
rat
ions.

6. Li
mann’s Soci
al,economicand  Teacherusesdi
scussi
on
admi
nist
rat
io pol
it
icaldevel
opments methodto
n
i
dent
if
ythepol
i
tical
andsoci
o
economi
cdev
elopmentofGhana
dur
ingLi
mann’
sadmi
nist
rat
ion.
7. Rawl
i
ngs’ Soci
al,economicand  Teacherdiscusseswi
thstudent
sthe
admi
nist
rat
ion pol
it
icaldevel
opments social,
economicandpoli
ti
cal
developmentsofRawli
ngs’
admi ni
str
ati
on.
8. TheBir
thofthe Lessons,l
egaci
esand  Teacherempl oysthei nqui
ry
Four
thRepubli
c prospect
s met hodoft eachi
ngt oguide
studentstodr awlessons,
i
dent i
fythelegaci
es, and
suggestpr ospect
soft he
birt
hoft heFourthRepubl i
c.
Course Component1:For
mati
veassessment
Assessment
Component Summar yofAssessmentMethod:
Qui
zzes,
assi
gnment
s,pr
esent
ati
ons
s9: Weight
ing:20%
(Educat
ive
assessment AssessesLear
ningOut
comes:CLO1,
2,3and4(
uni
ts1-4)
of,f
orand
aslearni
ng)

Component Component2:For
mati
veassessment
2
SummaryofAssessmentMethod:
Qui
zzes,
assi
gnment
s,pr
esent
ati
on

Wei
ght
ing:20%

AssessesLear
ningOut
comes:CLO4,
5,6,
7and8(
uni
ts4-8)

Component Component3:Summati
veassessment
3
SummaryofAssessmentMethod:
Endofsemest
erexami
nat
ion

Wei
ght
ing:60%

AssessesLear
ningOut
comes:CLO1,
2,3,
4,5,
6,7and8(
uni
ts1-8)

I
nstructi
onal Text
book,
syl
l
abus,
teacher
s’gui
de,
resour
ceper
son.
Resources

Addit
ional Rowse, A.L.( .Theuseofhi
1948) stor
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Hodder&Stought
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Evol
uti
onandchangeint
heninet
eenthandt
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iet
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ury
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Buah,
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i
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Casel
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l
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