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Download full textEddy D. Asiedu; Joseph R. Feinberg – Journal of International Social Studies, 2024
This article provides a chronological analysis of the historical development of social studies in Ghana with a focus on the impact of international donor agencies. The influence of donor agencies on the introduction and implementation of social studies in the Ghanaian general education curriculum shows that post-colonial countries struggle with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Donors, Postcolonialism
Direct linkOwusu-Agyeman, Yaw – International Review of Education, 2021
Research in the field of sustainable development (SD) in many developing countries remains multifaceted and discipline-oriented, especially at the institutional level where researchers and practitioners regularly produce research outputs to inform policy decisions aimed at meeting the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Decision Making
Opoku-Nkoom, Isaac; Ackah-Jnr, Francis R. – Support for Learning, 2023
Schools create an inclusive environment and cultures and enact inclusive practices to cater for the learning and social needs of learners. Using an adapted Ghana Inclusive Education Monitoring Tool (IEMT), which is based on the Index for Inclusion, we collected data from 74 headteachers of primary schools. Data analysis involved percentages and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Elementary Schools, Principals
Shakila Dada; Cathy Flores; Kirsty Bastable; Kerstin Tönsing; Alecia Samuels; Sourav Mukhopadhyay; Beatrice Isanda; Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe; Unati Stemela-Zali; Saira Banu Karim; Legini Moodley; Adele May; Refilwe Morwane; Katherine Smith; Rahab Mothapo; Mavis Mohuba; Maureen Casey; Zakiyya Laher; Nothando Mtungwa; Robyn Moore – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Over 8 million children with disabilities live in Africa and are candidates for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), yet formal training for team members, such as speech-language therapists and special education teachers, is extremely limited. Only one university on the continent provides postgraduate degrees in AAC, and…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Curriculum Development, Technology Uses in Education
Emily Bradshaw; Royce Kimmons; Fanny Eliza Bondah – Open Praxis, 2024
This article explores the formal localization of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Ghana, focusing on the remixing of human rights courses for youth and young adults. While working with an NGO that focuses on providing educational resources to low bandwidth areas, partner teachers in Ghana remixed openly-licensed human rights content provided by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Source Technology, Teachers, Youth Agencies
Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth; Otami, Deodat Charles – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Ghana has experienced a number of education reforms in the post-independence era and the study examined Ghana?s attempt at understanding what constitutes an effective teacher, in relation to sustainable education, through teacher education reforms. Qualitative approaches, such as documents analysis and interviews with 10 experienced college…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Educational Change
Boadu, Gideon – Journal of International Social Studies, 2020
Objectivity is a contested issue in history and history education. This study explores history teachers' conceptions about historical objectivity and whether or not their reasoning resonates with their classroom practices. Data was collected through in-depth interviews and lesson observations from 15 public senior high schools in the Central…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Historical Interpretation, Evidence
Haruna, Peter – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2023
As the world marked the second anniversary of COVID-19 in March, "Build Back Better" had impacted the policy lexicon that played out in real people's lives. But what does it take to implement such policy? In public administration education discourse, developing nations do not receive as much attention in mainstream outlets. The article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Curriculum Development
Rebecca S. H. Awuah – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Many countries around the world are implementing changes to their systems of teacher education in an effort to improve the way teachers teach and how much children learn in school. This dissertation uses the case of Ghana to examine how a suite of ambitious reforms--including the upgrading of teacher education to university education, a new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Educational Change, Higher Education
Karr, Valerie; Hayes, Anne; Hayford, Samuel – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Ghana has a long-standing commitment to improving the education of its citizens. Since its ratification of the United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), this country has experienced significant growth in the areas of inclusive education. However, Ghana still struggles in ensuring that students with disabilities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Learning Problems
Daniel Abbiw Jackson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The evolving demands of the global job market, driven by rapid technological advancements, have heightened the need for higher education institutions (HEIs) to adapt and prepare graduates for the workforce. This study addressed the critical issue of graduate unemployment in Ghana, juxtaposed with the increasing youth unemployment rate. The primary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Business Education, Engineering Education
Trevor Getz; Fredrick Kofi Ayirah; Tony Yeboah; Stacey Kertsman; Benjamin Getz; Fara Bakare; Ariana Kertsman; Kaela Getz; Tryphena Ebu Mintah – History Education Research Journal, 2024
Student interest in studying history is in decline in Ghana, as it is in secondary schools in many other parts of the world. Can student interest be stimulated, and can they be better served, by a curriculum that includes a focus on community, belonging and co-creation? This article details a preliminary intervention of just such a learning unit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Constructivism (Learning), Community Education
Okyere, Mavis – African Educational Research Journal, 2018
Curriculum as a blueprint for the development and delivery of education in a country has been viewed from varied perspectives. Aoki (2004) gave three perspectives to school, which are the "rational thinking", "doing" and "being and becoming". The first perspective connotes that teaching seeks to provide learners with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development, Mathematics Education, Holistic Approach
Liisa Laakso; Kajsa Hallberg Adu – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
This paper analyses faculty experiences tackling global knowledge asymmetries by examining the decolonisation of higher education in Africa in the aftermath of the 2015 'Rhodes Must Fall' student uprising. An overview of the literature reveals a rich debate on defining 'decolonisation', starting from a critique of Eurocentrism to propositions of…
Descriptors: Hidden Curriculum, College Curriculum, Decolonization, Foreign Countries
Ethics and Curriculum Design of Accounting Programmes in a Developing Country: A Qualitative Insight
Onumah, Regina Mensah; Simpson, Samuel Nana Yaw; Kwarteng, Amoako – Accounting Education, 2022
The paper explores curriculum design and drivers of ethics in universities and the professional accounting bodies in Ghana. Data were collected through individual face-to-face interviews. The study revealed that ethics in the curricula of universities and professional bodies are integrated within and across subjects and within all levels of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Curriculum Development, College Faculty, Accounting
