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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
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Game-Based Learning in Ghanaian Primary Schools: Listening to the Views of Teachers
Rita Yeboah; Kwaku Darko Amponsah; Priscilla Commey Mintah; John Sedofia; Phyllis Bernice Kwarteng Donkor (Opare)
Education 3-13, v53 n1 p99-113 2025
This research explores how primary school teachers use games to enhance pupils' learning and development of conceptual knowledge. The study employs an illustrative case study design; data was collected through interviews with thirty (30) teachers who were selected using purposive sampling technique. Twenty teachers had some knowledge of game-based learning, ten teachers, however, did not know anything about the concept game-based learning. The results show that the use of non-digital games of different kinds to engage pupils is common in the learning of Maths, English, and Science. Teachers ascribed positively that the integration of game-based learning motivates pupils to come to school, actively engages them in the learning process, helps pupils to easily assimilate lesson contents, makes lessons lively and fun, and builds collaborative skills amongst pupils. Inadequate resources, noisy classes, time constraints, large class sizes, the reluctance of some pupils to participate, and inadequate knowledge are challenges reported by the teachers.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Game Based Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Class Size, Elementary School Teachers, Concept Formation, Learning Processes, Lesson Plans, Cooperative Learning, Time Management, Educational Resources
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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