Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the teaching styles and
motivational strategies of public primary school teachers in the Cape Coast
Metropolis. The descriptive survey design was deemed the most appropriate
research design to use in conducting the study. A sample size of 342 made up
of 255 trained teachers and 87 pupils were captured for the study. The table of
random numbers was used first to select 63 public primary schools within the
Cape Coast Metropolis.
An interview schedule for pupils and research questionnaire for trained
teachers were the data collection instruments used. The data that was collected
was first grouped and coded using numerical values (coded manual) for the
data view of the Test Analytics for Surveys (TAfS), a tool of Predictive
Analytic Software (PASW) Version 18.0.
Majority of the respondents indicated that the colleagues of the trained
teachers and their pupils often compliment the trained teachers on their good
manners. The respondents again admitted that trained teachers use caring
voice to ask pupils to maintain good behaviour. It was concluded that the
various teaching styles and motivational strategies used by trained teachers in
the various public primary schools within the metropolis do not influence or
predict pupils’ academic performance directly. It was recommended that
teachers use caring voice when teaching in order to make learning interesting
for pupils. It was also recommended that trained teachers ensure they engage
pupils more during the teaching process (learner-centred).
