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Doe, Patience Fakornam; Oppong, Elizabeth Agyeiwaa; Sarfo, Jacob Owusu – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
The decreasing performance of student nurses in the professional licensure examinations (LE) in Ghana is a major concern to stakeholders, especially at a time when the nurse-patient ratio stands at 1: 1500. The study sought to determine the effect of students' demographic and academic characteristics on performance in the Registered General…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Nursing Education, Grade Point Average, Sampling
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Langer, Arnim; Meuleman, Bart; Oshodi, Abdul-Gafar Tobi; Schroyens, Maarten – Field Methods, 2017
This article tackles the question whether it is a viable strategy to conduct online surveys among university students in developing countries. By documenting the methodology of the National Service Scheme Survey conducted in Ghana, we set out to answer three questions: (1) How can a sample of university students be obtained? (2) How can students…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Online Surveys, National Surveys, College Students
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Asamoah, Moses Kumi; Oheneba-Sakyi, Yaw – Africa Education Review, 2017
This study describes how a professor-instructor of a Master of Arts (MA) programme in Contemporary Issues in an Adult Education classroom applied constructivist tenets to address an ICT-mediated teaching and learning class. The study provides an analysis of the professor's constructivist pedagogical approach in designing curriculum, engaging in…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Masters Programs, Universities, Foreign Countries
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Sackey, Elizabeth; Amaniampong, Kwarteng; Abrokwa, Juliana Efua – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The general purpose of this paper was to find out the perceptions of students and teachers on the state of discipline in Senior High Schools (SHS) in Ghana using Kwanyarko SHS in the Central Region as a case study. Questionnaire was formulated to direct the research. The question focused on the perceptions, causes and remedies to discipline in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, High School Students, Discipline, Questionnaires
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Ocansey, S. K.; Gyimah, E. K. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
In this fast changing world, pupils all over the world have developed severe social and psychological needs that affect their interactions with others and subsequently, the achievement of their life goals. Essentially, the social and psychological needs of school pupils have manifested in diverse mal-adjusted behaviours that hinder their academic…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Foreign Countries, Psychological Needs, Counseling Services
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Appiah, Samson Obed; Agbelevor, Emelia Afi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Studies conducted since the late 1970s have sought to describe students' conceptions of learning especially how gender of lecturers affected the learning of students. However, not many studies have been done in Ghana concerning how gender of lecturers affected learning among students. The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Teacher Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students
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Kwegyir-Aggrey, Peter – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2016
Staff turnover especially among lecturers in private universities is high due to poor and disappointing conditions of service. This negatively affects effective teaching, learning and research. The purpose of the study was to examine the causes of staff turnover in private universities, using the Perez University College in Winneba as a case…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility, Case Studies, College Faculty
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Awere, E.; Edu-Buandoh, K. B. M.; Dadzie, D. K.; Aboagye, J. A. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Building Technology graduates from Ghanaian Polytechnics seek employment in the construction industry, yet little information is known as to whether their tertiary education is really related to and meeting the actual needs of their prospective employers in the construction industry. The tracer study was conducted to ascertain the performance of…
Descriptors: Construction Industry, Building Trades, Questionnaires, Classification
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Gyansah, Samuel Tieku; Soku, Rejoice; Esilfie, Gabriel – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This research was conducted purposely to examine child delinquency on pupils' academic performance. Fumesua Municipal Assembly (M/A) primary school was used as the case study for the research. The specific objectives of the study are to find out the factors that contribute to child delinquent behavior, identify, if delinquent behavior influence…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Academic Achievement, Sampling, Interviews
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Quaicoe, Kate; Adams, Francis Hull; Bersah, Vivian Adoboah; Baah, Kwabena Appiah – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study was conducted in two Colleges of Education in the Western and Central Regions of Ghana to find out how Colleges of Education students and tutors perceive the study of Ghanaian Languages. The target population comprised all staff and students of the Colleges of Education but the accessible population comprised students and tutors of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Schools of Education, African Languages, Sampling
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Halabi, Saamira; Smith, William; Collins, John; Baker, David; Bedford, Jason – Health Education Journal, 2013
Objective: While the international donor community has spent millions on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention through educational programmes, the quality of information in educational curricula is rarely analyzed. This study analyzes the content of prevention programmes, focusing on informational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Education, Guides
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Ananga, Eric Daniel – International Journal of Educational Development, 2011
This paper explores the dropout experience of children who dropped out of schools located in two rural communities in the Central Region of Ghana. The main research question sought to explore the meaning and types of drop out founded on the views of children who had dropped out of school. The study tracked 18 children aged 7-17 years. Snowball…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Childhood Attitudes
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Kissi-Abrokwah, Bernard; Andoh-Robertson, Theophilus; Tutu-Danquah, Cecilia; Agbesi, Catherine Selorm – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study investigated the effects and solutions of work and family conflict among female bankers in Accra Metropolis. Using triangulatory mixed method design, a structured questionnaire was randomly administered to 300 female bankers and 15 female Bankers who were interviewed were also sampled by using convenient sampling technique. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Banking, Employee Attitudes, Females
Wilson, Kwesi Nkum; Aggrey, Ellen Aba Munkua – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of the study was to explore retirement planning, challenges, and counseling among teachers of public schools in the Sekondi Circuit in the Western Region, Ghana. A sample of 50 teachers was selected through convenience sampling. Only teachers who expressed interest in participating in the study were sampled. The main instrument for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public School Teachers, Teacher Retirement, Investment
Yakubu, Mariama Bisongu – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Ghana is highly vulnerable and threatened by several hazards and has sought ways of minimizing impacts of hazards events over time including demonstrating an interest in developing an emergency management training and an higher education degree program. Yet, as of 2013, the country has not developed a disaster management training program or a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Development, Emergency Programs, Semi Structured Interviews
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