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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JCARM</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies</journal-title>
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            <issn pub-type="epub">3139-7247</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Ivory and Finch Publishers</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5281/zenodo.21295513</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">JCARM_JUN_26_118</article-id>

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        <article-title>Practical Demonstration and Documentation of Selected Decorative Techniques in Leatherwork for Teaching and Learning in Senior High Schools</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
                        <surname>Larbi</surname>
            <given-names>Gideon</given-names>
          </name>
                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0130-4371</contrib-id>
                    <aff>Presbyterian College of Education</aff>
          <email>gidlab1985@gmail.com</email>
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            <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>10</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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      <volume>1</volume>
      <issue>5</issue>
      
      
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        <p>The study sought to practically demonstrate and document the production processes involved in the execution of selected decorative techniques requisite for teaching and learning Leatherwork in Senior High Schools (SHS). It has been observed that due to inadequate teaching and learning resources, such as demonstrational books, tools/equipment, both teachers and students find challenges in executing decorative techniques relevant to leather artifact production. Visits to some Senior High Schools ascertain that there is a lack of confidence on the part of both instructors and learners in delivering some common key techniques which facilitate practical pedagogies in the study of Leatherwork in most Visual Art Departments in Ghanaian schools, and this makes both students and teachers struggle in the acquisition of some imparted knowledge and skills. This study, therefore, set out to take action to avert the situation. Studio-based research approaches were employed to practically demonstrate selected Leatherwork techniques to guide students in practical studies. With pictorial support, the step-by-step procedures in executing each technique were documented as a pedagogical resource. The study achieved its aim successfully and concluded that to attain better desirable design patterns and aesthetic value, the execution of decorative techniques should be performed on carefully selected leathers with surfaces devoid of defects and distortions. Therefore, full-grain leathers with bright surfaces are recommended as the best choice for rendering decorative techniques. Again, the researchers recommend and encourage both teachers and students to adopt the documented decorative techniques to support practical pedagogy in their Senior High Schools.</p>
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                <kwd>Documentation</kwd>
                <kwd>Decorative Techniques</kwd>
                <kwd>Practical Teaching and Learning</kwd>
                <kwd>Leatherwork.</kwd>
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        <date date-type="received">
          <day>21</day>
          <month>06</month>
          <year>2026</year>
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                <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>01</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2026</year>
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        <copyright-statement>Copyright &copy; 2026 by the authors</copyright-statement>
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