Instructional Materials for Teaching Performing Arts in Wa Municipality, Ghana

The teaching of performing arts at the Basic Schools in Ghana is geared towards the acquisition of skills by learners. Apart from the use of various techniques for teaching the performing arts, the use of the instructional materials is eminent and legitimate for the pupils to have exposure to these materials in order to have first-hand information. However, the selection of instructional materials for teaching and learning of the performing arts, a strand (an aspect) of the creative arts at the Basic Schools has been a daunting task for both new and old teachers, especially, in the Wa Municipality of Ghana. Using the studio-based design, local materials from Wa municipality were collected and new ones were created through the adaptive creative process. It was found out that the preparation of Teaching and Learning materials for creative arts from the local materials is sine qua non to create a hub of teaching resources for instructional deliveries. It is recommended that the headteachers liaise with the appropriate experts to train teachers to use local materials to prepare instructional resources since they are not readily available in the schools for use.