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M. Mahruf C. Shohel, Editor; Alex Mortby, Editor – IGI Global, 2024
Scholars and educators worldwide are grappling with the challenge of translating innovative research findings into tangible improvements within their classrooms. The chasm between theory and practice hinders the progress of education and leaves a wealth of untapped potential. The need for a process or approach to bridge these elements is urgent.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Evidence Based Practice, Theory Practice Relationship, Higher Education
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Martin, Jillian; Moore, Candace M.; Foley, Alexis D.; McDermid, Kiyah T. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2021
The Higher Education in the Ghanaian Context (HEGC!) study abroad program was created to engage participants in a critical examination of concepts related to power, privilege, and oppression within higher education settings in Ghana and the United States. The course has three components: pre-immersion, immersion, and emersion that are guided by a…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Power Structure, Higher Education
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Ameyaw, Joana; Turnhout, Esther; Arts, Bas; Wals, Arjen – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
A responsive curriculum addresses the changing needs of students, bridging the gap between universal knowledge and theories on one hand and contextual, continuously changing realities of everyday life and the world of work, on the other. Though several higher education institutions appreciate the value of making curriculum responsive, how to do…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Action Research, Participatory Research, Curriculum Development
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Wornyo, Albert Agbesi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study was a classroom-based action research. In this study, constructive teaching and learning activities were used to help learners improve on their grammar and usage with a focus on how to help them internalize subject verb agreement rules. The purpose of the research was to assist learners to improve upon their performance in grammar and…
Descriptors: Grammar, Error Patterns, Action Research, Learning Activities
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Asemanyi, Abena Abokoma – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study was done to find out the factors that account for the poor performances of students and to find out ways of improving the teaching and learning of the Communication Skills course at the University of Education, Winneba. The research also had an aim of bringing to light suggestions and recommendations on how to improve the teaching and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Case Studies, Action Research, Instructional Improvement
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Clark, Gordon; Jasaw, Godfred Seidu – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2014
This paper uses triangulation to assess key aspects of a team-based, participatory action research programme for undergraduates in rural communities across northern Ghana. The perceptions of the programme and its effects on the students, staff and host communities are compared, showing areas of agreement and disagreement. The successes of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teamwork, Mixed Methods Research, Participatory Research
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Owusu-Manu, D.; Afrane, S. K.; Badu, E.; Edwards, D. J.; Brown, M. – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
In a rapidly changing world of knowledge exchange, innovation and technological advancements, entrepreneurship continues to fuel economic growth in both developed and developing countries. In the developed world, an increased influx of graduate entrepreneurs sustains economic growth whilst, in contrast, developing countries continue to suffer from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Case Studies, Economic Development
Adeyanju, L. J. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2007
In the developing countries of the world, Nigeria and Ghana especially have consistently been battling with large enrollment of students into the institutions of higher learning. The attendant problem of the traditional instructional delivery system that poses a serious challenge to the 21st century educational development therefore needs…
Descriptors: Radio, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation