The Impact Of Project-Based Learning On Acquisition Of Agricultural Knowledge And Skills In Senior High Schools In The Volta Region

ABSTRACT Agricultural knowledge and skills acquired by Agricultural science students in Senior High Schools in Ghana is very crucial in developing the career pathways of students after successful completion of their course of study. The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of Project-Based learning on acquisition of Agricultural knowledge and skills in Senior High Schools in the Volta Region. Using multi-stage sampling techniques such as purposive and stratified random sampling techniques, 150 final year students offering Agriculture courses and 12 of their teachers were selected from three Public schools in the Volta Region. Nonexperimental descriptive survey design was used and the data collected were analysed using Statistical package for social sciences version 18. Two separate sets of questionnaires were constructed for students and teachers respectively to complete them from which data were collected. The study revealed that both Traditional teaching methods and Project-based learning methods indicated positive correlation and significant relationships with crop production related knowledge (r=0.284.,p