GTLE Pedagogy SHS case studies
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The GTLE Pedagogy (SHS) paper is the pedagogy component of Ghana's teacher licensure pathway for candidates preparing to teach at Senior High School level. It is intended for graduates of teacher education programmes, untrained graduates seeking a licence, and practising teachers working towards full licensure with the National Teaching Council. The paper tests professional knowledge rather than subject mastery: how learners develop, how curricula are planned and interpreted, how lessons are designed and delivered, how learning is assessed fairly, how classrooms are managed, how technology is integrated, how guidance is offered, and how teachers act ethically and reflectively. Because the syllabus is broad, preparation should be active rather than passive. The GTLE Pedagogy SHS case studies are 5 cases and about 5,569 words.
1The Timetable That Already Decided the Results
Efua Mensah has just been posted to Adenta Community Senior High School to teach Economics. In her first week she discovers that the four SHS 2 classes have been ranked into 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D on the basis of last term's mock scores.
1,021 words, about 5 min2'I'm Just Not a Science Person'
Kwame, 15, was the top pupil in his JHS and won a Free SHS placement to a boarding school 90 km from home. Six months into SHS 1 his Physics score has fallen from 71 per cent in the first class test to 28 per cent in the third.
1,101 words, about 6 min3Forty Items, One Evening
Mr Owusu teaches Integrated Science to 62 SHS 2 students. His end-of-term paper has 40 multiple-choice items and one six-mark essay.
1,155 words, about 6 min4Twenty-Five Laptops and a Broken Inverter
Kofi Boateng teaches ICT at a day senior high school of 1,400 students. An NGO has donated 25 refurbished laptops, bringing the laboratory to 31 machines for classes of 55.
1,114 words, about 6 min5The Counsellor's Log
Adjoa, 16, in SHS 2, asks to see the school counsellor, Mr Nartey, after class. A 27-year-old businessman she met at a funeral has been giving her money, a phone and airtime for about eight months.
1,178 words, about 6 min