International Journal of Innovative Research and Development

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Over the years, studio metal artists have used various techniques in forming metal products to enhance their aesthetic and utilitarian values. These methods are often simple, ranging from skilful studio forming techniques to industrial techniques. Most of the techniques are being used intensively across the world. However, even though spinning is being used by most of the aluminium processing companies in the country for the production of aluminium bowls and utensils, a preliminary investigation of this study reveals that “raising” a studio technique in metal forming has not been given much attention. 

The artists have always lived with the belief that intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization. With this curiosity in mind, a study of a ceramic piece that was produced by a combination of throwing and hand-forming technique one day triggered the idea that it could be possible to combine the raising and the spinning techniques to form metal vessels. With this idea, a studio-based research project was conducted to explore the possibilities of combining these two techniques (raising and spinning) in forming metal hollow ware. In sum, the research project revealed that it is possible and saves a lot of time compared to producing a hollow ware by just the raising process alone.

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Students who are deaf typically lack the language of the hearing, even in written form. This hearing handicap presents serious academic challenges that require visual teaching strategies. Nonetheless, it is not clear whether visual teaching is practised in the various Schools for the Deaf hence the need to investigate its practice in the Schools for the Deaf in Ghana. A multiple site case study approach was adopted to investigate teaching and learning in five Schools for the Deaf in Ghana. The purposive sampling technique and a three-tier research strategy involving observation, in-depth interview and focus group discussion were used to get the accessible population and to gather data for the study respectively. The findings from this qualitative study revealed that although the deaf is a visual learner, visual teaching in Schools for the Deaf is not adequately practised in a way that meets the visual needs of the deaf.  Therefore the need to adopt and modify new trends to meet the needs of deaf students.

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Many Senior High School Visual Arts graduates have the problem of practicing Visual Arts after school partly because some are not well equipped with the requisite skill needed for job orientation while others are faced with the difficulty in acquiring the raw material necessary for the production process. However, they end up being unemployed and thereby increasing dependency ration. The study recognizes the identification of interested group of Senior High School Visual Arts graduates and training them the technical and vocational techniques to design and construct bamboo artifacts to be self-reliant. A total of 25 visual arts graduates were painstakingly gathered following the information of 3 month free computer literacy training programme for all visual Arts leavers that was disseminated through notice boards, FM stations and the churches in all the Districts in Assin North and South. The application of a well structured interview guide was substantial to the researchers which deepened the interest of the same group. The Action research method was employed to develop a new skill and solve problems through active participation. An interim comprehensive bamboo syllabus for Senior High School graduates was also designed. Schemes of work and lesson plans were developed to teach units of the syllabus. The training programme was run within six months.  The result of the study indicated that, when the learners were given the technical training skill, they were equipped enough to create high standard bamboo artifacts for both local and external markets.

Besides, it was revealed that skill training must not only be in theory but must be fully backed by practical demonstration. 

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