TEACHING POETRY AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN GHANA

Authors

  • Gabrıel Kwame Ankrah Valley View University, School of Education, P.O. Box TC, Techiman, Ghana
  • Opoku Kwası Valley View University, School of Education, P.O. Box TC, Techiman, Ghana
  • Doris Nyanta Valley View University, School of Education, P.O. Box TC, Techiman, Ghana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.699

Keywords:

poetry, junior high school, teaching, Ghana

Abstract

The importance of poetry in the life of the child cannot be over-emphasized. This has to the necessity of incorporating the teaching of this aspect of literature in the curriculum at the Junior High School level in Ghana. This works looks at the importance of poetry and what it seeks to achieve in the life of the child and then, delves into the pedagogies involved in treating the subject at this level of study. It provides the necessary steps that can guide teachers to do the teaching of poetry with ease and also to stimulate the interest of the pupils at this level of education. 

 

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Hutchman’s New 20th Century Encyclopaedia.

Oxford Students’ Dictionary of Current English.

The Chamber 20th Century Dictionary.

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Published

2017-04-25

Issue

Vol 3, No 5 (2017)

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