Abstract: This paper was as result of a study conducted to examine the demise of teaching Music and Dance at the College of Educations. Learning Music and Dance at the College of Education can offer students multiple meanings and countless rewards regarding what it means to be an artist and how to use the arts as a tool for expression, inspiration, and activism. The study used questionnaire to collect data from music teachers and music students in order to make contextual conclusions. It was revealed that colleges do not have adequate instruments for music practical performance lesson. Similarly there was generally lack of foundation of the music students at the entry level at the college of education, self-awareness from the students to the capacity of becoming musically informed was absent. It was recommended that Colleges need to have their programmes offered in the colleges updated before opening for online admission. There should be varieties of courses for students to select from the lots. T-TEL and GTEC should see the NACCA components of Music and Dance beyond common to a specialized area for students to equip themselves with the subjects so that the creative art aspect within our world our people would be taught well.
Keywords: UEW, T-TEL, ITE, ToM, GTEC, ITECPD and TVET, PEMD.
Title: DEMISE OF TEACHING MUSIC AND DANCE AT THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN GHANA
Author: Felix Danso Kwofie
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 11, Issue 2, April 2023 - June 2023
Page No: 1-8
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Published Date: 04-April-2023
