Enhancing Social Studies Delivery using Discussion Teaching Method at Selected Junior High Schools in Ghana
Joana Boakye 
, Dickson Adom , Steve Kquofi & Kwame Baah Owusu Panin
Issue: Vol. 6 No. 12 2025 Article 2 pp. 11248 – 1262
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.20256122 | Published online 11th December, 2025.
© 2025 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
This study examined the effective use of the discussion teaching method in social studies at selected Junior High Schools in the Oforikrom Municipality, Ghana. In Ghana, Oforikrom municipality in particular, there are limited studies on how student centered learning approach can aid in effective teaching and learning. The study involved a sample size of 160, with 130 students and 30 teachers selected randomly. Data was collected through questionnaires, with responses analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings indicated that students prefer active involvement in classroom activities to combat boredom. The discussion teaching method promotes an interactive learning environment, encouraging collaboration among students. This approach allows them to learn from each other’s insights and experiences, fostering a sense of ownership and responsibility for their learning. By actively engaging in knowledge construction, students transition from passive recipients of information to active participants in their educational journey. The study recommends that it is essential to enhance the level of engagement and active learning in junior high schools; teachers ought to regularly integrate the discussion pedagogical approach in learning.
Keywords: Academic Community, Discussion, Interactive Learning, Questionnaires, Student-Centered Approach
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Joana Boakye studied at the Institute of Distance Learning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, earning a Master of Education. As an educator and writer, she specializes in innovative teaching and discussion methods for inclusive learning, advocating for educational equity through various junior high schools and cultural curricula.
Dr. Dickson Adom is a pluridisciplinary researcher in the Department of Educational Innovations in Science and Technology in the Faculty of Educational Studies in the College of Art and Built Environment in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. His research niche focus on the use of innovations in Art and Culture for Environmental Sustainability and Nature Conservation. He is a Senior Member in the Department of Educational Innovations in Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. He served in an extraordinary researcher position in the School of Economic Sciences, Northwest University, South Africa, from 2019 to 2022.
Prof. Steve Kquofi is an Associate Professor and current Head of the Department of Educational Innovations in Science and Technology (DEIST), Faculty of Educational Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), Ghana. Prof. Steve Kquofi, currently the Coordinator of Distance Learning programmes (Master of Education and MSc/MPhil Educational Innovations and Leadership Science) at DEIST, received his Ph.D. (African Art and Culture), M.A. (African Art and Culture) and B.A. (Art, Graphic Design option) degrees from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. He currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the Faculty of Art and Faculty of Educational Studies at KNUST.
Dr. Kwame Baah Owusu Panin is a PhD holder in African Art and Culture at the Department of Painting of Sculpture, KNUST. He holds a master of Fine Arts in Jewellery and Metalsmithing. He takes inspiration from bio mimicry and manipulates complex designs into metal products by fabricating and casting them. As a researcher, jeweller and metal product designer, he works with different precious, ferrous and scrap metals and brings them into the light by recycling and forming an artwork out of them. Kwame believes that there is nothing impossible under this sun, just find who you are and do it on purpose.
Boakye, Joana, Dickson Adom, Steve Kquofi , and Kwame Baah Owusu Panin. “Enhancing Social Studies Delivery Using Discussion Teaching Method at Selected Junior High Schools in Ghana.” Journal of Education and Learning Technology 6, no. 12 (2025): 1248 – 1262. https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.20256122.
© 2025 The Author(s). Published and Maintained by Noyam Journals. This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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