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Direct linkRichard Selase Gbadegbe; Joseph Amewu; Elikem Krampa; Samuel Nii Adamah Sampah – Cogent Education, 2024
There is a high interest for graphic design among the visual art disciplines in Ghana and several factors account for this. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence the preference for graphic design as the preferred visual art subject. To carry out this task, purposive sampling technique was employed to collect data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Undergraduate Students, Computer Assisted Design
Download full textSanka, Confidence Gbolo; Gustafson-Asamoah, Patricia; Issaka, Charity Azumi – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2019
What factors should come first in the choice of an educational programme or a future career for a ward? Is it the interest, potential, and passion of the ward or the ego of the guardian? Is it monetary consideration and social status that should be the criteria based upon which such a decision is made or the criterion of better prospects of a job…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ideology, Social Systems, Career Choice
Amoah, Samuel Asare; Kwofie, Isaac; Kwofie, Faustina Akosua Agyeiwaa – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
School counsellors play significant role in the total development of students in respect to career choices. In view of that career development interventions are provide to support the provision of information to guide students make well informed choices in personal, academic and social aspects. This study thus, aimed to examine whether the role of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Counselors, High School Students, Career Choice
Theresa, Lawer Dede – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The research was conducted to find out factors that informed second cycle students' choices of programmes of study and career in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. The descriptive survey was used for the study, and both questionnaire and interview guide were used in gathering the data. The questionnaire was administered on the students while the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Student Educational Objectives, Performance Factors, Attribution Theory
Ayebi-Arthur, Kofi – Online Submission, 2011
The under-representation of females in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) fields of study and careers continues to attract considerable attention. This article discusses findings of a research that investigated interest in ICT studies and careers among female secondary school students from schools in three districts in the Central…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Computer Science, Science Careers
Mulkeen, Aidan; Chapman, David W.; DeJaeghere, Joan G. – Academy for Educational Development, 2005
Expanding and rethinking the nature of secondary education in Sub-Saharan African countries, traditionally reserved for elites and few others, are becoming crucial to successful individual and national participation in the global economy. As governments and donors turn their attention increasingly to secondary education, policies are being…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Secondary Education, Retraining, Program Effectiveness
