Traditional Ewe Folktale: A behaviour modification strategy in the Early Grade Education classrooms in Ghana.

Authors

  • Innocent Yao Vinyo E.P College of Education, Amedzofe
  • Sampson Lucky Kudjo Yekple St Teresa's College of Education, Hohoe
  • Daniel Atsu Adade St Francis College of Education, Hohoe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47941/jep.746

Keywords:

behaviour modification, early grade, Traditional Ewe Folktales, narration, storytelling

Abstract

Purpose: Behaviour modification is considered a task of the home and the school. It is the duty of the school to nib in the bud any negative behaviour children pick from the home environment at the early grade level. This paper explores the impact and usefulness of messages from Traditional Ewe Folktales hereafter (TEF) in the training of early grade children in Ghana.     

Methodology: This paper is a qualitative research. Primary data was collected from four separate storytelling sessions in home and school settings. Six stories were narrated in the home setting by two old ladies under moonlight for fifteen children each from a rural setting. In the school setting, one story each was narrated by two teachers in two different schools. Storytelling periods on the school time table was used. Three stories were considered for analysis; Two and one story each were randomly selected from the home and school settings respectively.

Results: It was found that educational values are imbedded in TEF. The educational values include the values of the society such as honesty, hard work, teamwork, patriotism and turn taking. Regular and purposeful use of these stories has the propensity of modifying behaviour. The paper concluded that when these educational values are tapped and developed through appropriate exemplars in the enactment of the school curriculum, behaviour modifications would occur with sustainability. The use of teaching strategies like role play, dramatization and songs can drive the behaviour modification. The paper recommended that TEF should be included in early grade classroom activities as a teaching strategy but not a means of whiling time. Parents should support teachers to gain more knowledge of TEF for classroom practices. The school base in-service training should be revived to equip teachers with knowledge of TEF and its application in the classroom.

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Author Biographies

Innocent Yao Vinyo, E.P College of Education, Amedzofe

Department of Languages

Sampson Lucky Kudjo Yekple, St Teresa's College of Education, Hohoe

Department of Languages

Daniel Atsu Adade, St Francis College of Education, Hohoe

Department of Languages

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2021-12-25

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Vinyo, I. Y. ., Yekple, S. L. K. ., & Adade, D. A. . (2021). Traditional Ewe Folktale: A behaviour modification strategy in the Early Grade Education classrooms in Ghana. Journal of Education and Practice, 5(4), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.47941/jep.746

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