An Empirical Study of Challenges and Management Supports in Teaching and Learning of Social Studies in the Public Senior High Schools of Ghana

Table 4. Summary Resultsof Descriptive Statistics of Teachers’ Challenges and Management

Constructs	Mean	SD
I encounter difficulty in addressing all students’ challenges in large classes	3.7576	1.09059
The social studies classroom condition is always good and makes learning easy	3.0606	1.22320
The social studies classroom temperature is always cold and makes learning difficult	2.3030	.88335
The social studies classroom condition makes learning enjoyable	3.4545	1.03353
Social studies classroom has good ventilation to promote good health and studies	3.6667	.95743
Each student in social studies class has his /her own desk to promote effective studies	3.6667	1.10868
I find it easy to teach all topics in the Social Studies curriculum	3.0000	1.27475
Management gives adequate money to purchase resources for social studies lessons	2.0909	1.01130
Management organises professional development programs for social studies teachers	2.8485	1.17583
Management is always concerned about large class size and its effect on teaching and learning	3.3636	1.02525
Students are always punctual to class	3.1818	1.13067