Abstract:
The principal purpose of the study was to ascertain the effect of educational video on the teaching and learning of wheel throwing skills in Senior High School (SHS) of Cape Coast Metropolis. The researcher used descriptive research method in the form of survey for the study. The main research instruments used to collect data from teachers and students was questionnaire. A sample size of 126 SHS teachers and students were selected for the study through stratified sampling technique. It was revealed from the study that there are differences in the perception of both teachers and students on teaching and learning wheel throwing skills in ceramics education. Also, the results portrayed that there are differences in the opinions of both teachers and students on the availability of ceramics resources for teaching and learning wheel throwing skills in the senior high schools. Finally, the study found out that there are no differences in the effect of educational video in teaching and learning wheel throwing skills in ceramics education. Based on the findings from the study, the following recommendations were made; there should be more time allocation on the schools’ time table to allow for effective Visual Arts practical lessons including the teaching and learning of educational video, management of the SHS should procure state of the art equipment to furnish the Visual Arts studio/ laboratories in their schools and Management of the schools should contact the old students’ associations of their schools to provide funding for the procurement of state of the facilities for the Visual Arts department.
