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How Far Is Progress? Gender Dimensions of Student Enrollment in Higher Education in Ghana: The Case of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
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Amanda Nkansah Quarshie; Godfred Bonnah Nkansah; Eric Oduro-Ofori – SAGE Open, 2023
Despite the World Declaration on Higher Education for the 21st Century that education is the ultimate support of human rights, and that access and participation remain key catalysts to accelerating equal educational opportunities for all, females continue to trail their male counterparts in educational outcomes across sub-Saharan Africa. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Equal Education, Higher Education
Exploring the Motivations and Challenges West African Female Students Experience Engaging in University Sport
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Leslie-Walker, Anika; Mulvenna, Claire; Bramble, Oneida – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2023
This study sought to explore the motivations and challenges to the engagement of female West African university students, whilst participating in competitive and non-competitive extra-curricular sport and physical activity (ECSPA). The study was situated at a university in the North West of England that has a culturally diverse student population.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Affordances, Barriers
Women Were Created to Serve Differently, Weren't They? The Gendered Identities and Challenges of Female Students in University-Community Engagement
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Gifty Oforiwaa Gyamera; Dora Animwaa Mireku; Vanessa Tsetse – Cogent Education, 2024
Whilst university-community engagement has become an important aspect of modern universities, it often tends to re/produce inequalities and power imbalances, reinforcing stereotypes and negative identities. Much attention on these inequalities has focussed on the experiences of community members. Students' identities and challenges in these…
Descriptors: Females, College Students, Gender Bias, Sex Stereotypes
Adult Female Learners' Perceptions of and Experiences with Distance Education at University of Ghana
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Ama Adu-Marfo; Isaac Biney; Moses Kumi Asamoah – Cogent Education, 2024
This paper highlights adult female learners' perception and experiences with blended distance education (DE) program in the University of Ghana. It specifically investigates female students' experiences with male and female tutors' tutoring styles, learner support services, the use of educational technology as well as the extent of the…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Adult Students, Student Attitudes
The Impact of Collaborative Learning Approaches on Assessment Outcomes in an Accounting Theory Class
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Nsor-Ambala, Randolph – Accounting Education, 2022
The study explores how collaborative based exams (CLBE) affect specified learning outcomes in an Accounting Theory course for final year 'accounting major' students. The study proposes Accounting Theory as an avenue to improve the qualitative and problem-solving skills of accounting students and collaborative learning (CL) as a mechanism to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Accounting, Teaching Methods, Tests
Can Ghana Afford the Sustainable Development Goal on Education?
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Osei Kwadwo, Victor; Konadu, Obaa Akua – Africa Education Review, 2020
There was much euphoria and enthusiasm surrounding the advent of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, but there was little empirical evidence regarding how much would be required of countries to achieve the goals. This article contributes to filling this gap by estimating what Ghana needs in fiscal terms to achieve SDG 4: Quality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Educational Finance, Fiscal Capacity