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  The phrase "Keep Quiet!!! Keep Quiet!!!!!!!" is a common occurrence in Ghanaian schools, reflecting the traditional view of discipline as a narrow concept that is often associated with punishment. However, this view of discipline is widely debated among teachers and school heads, and the government's initiative to ban corporal punishment has further complicated the situation. While some teachers support the initiative, others do not, as they believe that it will alter the dynamics of education  What is clear is that discipline is a critical aspect of education, and it revolves around classroom management. However, this concept lacks a definite structure, and every teacher's opinion about it differs. Classroom management is not about having the right rules; it's about having the right relationship  Effective classroom management requires teachers to establish a positive and respectful relationship with their students. Teachers who have positive relationships with

In this 21st century, the landscape of education has changed, and our learners are unlike any we've seen before. They are digital natives who have grown up in an age of technological advancements and are constantly exposed to new information. Unfortunately, many of them are being taught by 20th century adults using 19th century methodologies. This misalignment between the way our students learn and the way we teach them must be addressed. We are currently in the Age of Digital Technologies and Knowledge, where technology has revolutionized the way, we interact with the world around us. This time and place demand that educators be aware of the kind of learners we have and how to cater to their unique needs. Teaching strategies that were effective a few decades ago may no longer be relevant in this ever-changing technological world. Today's learners need to be equipped with problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and digital literacy. These are skills that will not only h

The field of education is constantly evolving, with new technologies and teaching methods being developed all the time. One of the most exciting and promising advancements in recent years is the development of ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI, you’ve likely heard of the term ChatGPT over the last couple of weeks. There is a buzz around this emerging technology that is not subsiding. In this blog post, we'll explore how ChatGPT is changing the game of education, and what the future of education might look like as a result, it can generate human-like text, answer questions, summarize text, generate code, and perform other language-based tasks. ChatGPT can be fine-tuned for specific tasks and domains, such as language translation, summarization, and question answering. ChatGPT is able to understand and respond to natural language input, which means that it can interact with students in a way that feels more like a conversation than a lecture. This allows teachers

The presence of social media is felt globally. As a teacher, it is important to figure out where the line is drawn, in terms of social media posts and comments. Your social media post(s) can make you an inspirational teacher, which could help you attract good fortunes. Likewise, your post(s) can make you lose potentially great opportunities.  Hence, here are a few tips to consider when on social media as a teacher: 1. Be careful of what you represent on social media space. BREAKTHROUGH is attached to your online presence. Many might not see what it represents, but in a few years time, they might not be able to repair the damages they have created. Don’t allow your anger to destroy what you are building. 2. Most private schools, especially class A schools check your social media activities before employment. Majority of job seekers’ social media activities are brand tarnishing. Always remember that, your next job opportunity could hinge on your past social media activities. 3.Clean up y

In Ghana, Primary education lasts for 6 years, which consists of a 3-year Lower Primary phase and a 3-year Upper Primary phase. This stage of education is widely characterized by grade skipping. During primary education, the curriculum places an emphasis on reading, writing, arithmetic and the development of problem-solving abilities. Compulsory school starting ages vary a lot around the world, mainly from age 3 to 7 years, USA (5years), United Arab Emirates (4years), just to mention a few. In Ghana school starting age is 4 years and starting primary school is pegged at age 6. These days, parents will be struggling for the child to be in primary 1 by 4 years old. By 8 years, the child would have completed primary 4, expecting to proceed to primary 5. This same parent will now try to skip primary 5. Some will even insist on double promotion from primary 3 to primary 5, thereby cutting a year off, and not caring about the mental growth of the child. The parent will insist that the

      The Ghana Education Service (GES), in 2017 officially banned all forms of corporal punishment meted out to children in schools in Ghana as part of efforts aimed at promoting a safer and more protective learning environment for children. The introduction of toolkit by The Guidance and Counseling Unit offers options for the effective application of positive discipline for different forms of misbehaviour and proposes suitable proactive or reactive measures for addressing them, instead of the traditional approach, which is caning. The toolkit has classified misbehaviour into various levels. The first thing every teacher must institute to ensure discipline is the setting of classroom rules posted on notice boards as a visual reminder of expected behaviours from the students List of measures approved by GES to ensure discipline in schools: 1.              Writing Lines The child is given a sentence to write several times over. The sentence should positively reinforce that chi