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The status of English as a subject in an English medium context: The Ghanaian situation

Amua-Sekyi, Ekua Tekyiwa (University of Cape Coast, 2002)

Whatever the subject, whatever the area of specialization, we need to acquire proficiency in English to function. When we examine the goals of English language teaching in Ghana, it is clear that English is taught to enable ...
Communicative skills: Peripheral current or mainstream flow

Amua-Sekyi, Ekua Tekyiwa (University of Cape Coast, 2005)

This study investigates the impact of the Communicative Skills course at the University of Cape Coast on students' academic literacy. It employs a mixed methods approach to data collection involving focus group discussions ...
Reading and comprehension in Ghanaian secondary schools: A review

Amua-Sekyi, Ekua Tekyiwa (University of Cape Coast, 2005)

Studems may learn how (0 read in primary school, but as they progress through school. they continue to learn how to learn from texts. Programmes in Secondary reading education have produced a reading methodology which ...
Language in education in Ghana:The debate

Amuah-Sekyi, Ekua Tekyiwa (University of Cape Coast, 2005)

Recent anxiety over low performance in English of students and graduates of the country's educational institutions expressed by the populace and the print and electronic media led to a cabinet directive that the mother ...
English as a second language in Ghana and English language teaching: Problems and prospects

Amua-Sekyi, Ekua Tekyiwa (University of Cape Coast, 2005)

This paper reviews the pre-eminent role the English language plays in Ghana vis-a-vis the recent concerns about the poor standard of English of our students and the products of our schools. It also looks at our roles as ...
The Traditional Approach to the Management of Diseases in Ghana

Asare-Danso, Seth (University of Cape Coast, 2005)

This paper deals with the traditional approach to the management of diseases in Ghana. It initially explains the concept of disease, which is understood as a disintegration of the spiritual and physical component o.lthe ...
Attracting and retaining rural teachers in Ghana: the premise and promise of a district sponsorship scheme

Cobbold, Cosmas (University of Cape Coast, 2006)

Recruiting and retaining qualified teachers for schools in rural communities is both an issue and a problem in many countries. The very nature of rural communities and perceptions of teaching in such environments tend to ...
Result or conclusion? students' differentiation between experimental results and conclusions

Anat, Zohar (Journal of Biological Education, 2006-06-27)

Science curricula often require students to collect, record, and describe experimental observations and results, as well as to draw conclusions. The first purpose of this study is to document and analyze students' performance ...
Induction for teacher retention: A missing link in teacher education policy in Ghana

Cobbold, Cosmas (Post-Script: Postgraduate Journal of Education Research, 2007-08)

The metaphor of ‘sink or swim’ that has for many years been used to describe entry into teaching is gradually changing. In its place is emerging the notion of induction, which holds that novice teachers should be supported ...
Induction for Teacher Retention: A Missing Link in Teacher Education Policy in Ghana

Cobbold, Cosmas (University of Cape Coast, 2007-08)

The metaphor of ‘sink or swim’ that has for many years been used to describe entry into teaching is gradually changing. In its place is emerging the notion of induction, which holds that novice teachers should be supported ...
Factors affecting the standard of female education: a case study of senior secondary schools in the Kassena-Nankana district

Adetunde, I.A.; Akampae Akensin, Peter (Journal of Social Sciences, 2008)

This study presents the current factors affecting the standard of female education in the Kassena-Nankana district in Upper East Region of Ghana. Poverty, long-held negative attitudes about women’s intellectual capabilities, ...
Improving quality basic education in Ghana: Prospects and challenges of the school performance improvement plan

Ampiah Ghartey, Joseph; Kwaah, Christopher; Tsivanyo Yiboe, Kofi; Ababio Tawiah, Bethel (2008)
Factors Affecting the Standard of Female Education: A Case Study of Senior Secondary Schools in the Kassena-Nankana District

Adetunde, I.A.; Akensina, Akampae Peter (University of Cape Coast, 2008)

This study presents the current factors affecting the standard of female education in the Kassena-Nankana district in Upper East Region of Ghana. Poverty, long-held negative attitudes about women’s intellectual capabilities, ...
Teaching undergraduate courses in an expanding higher education system: The dilemma and challenges

Amua-Sekyi, Ekua Tekyiwa (University of Cape Coast, 2009)

This study explores the experiences of lecturers working with undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds with low academic skills. A qualitative study involving interviews with fifteen (15) participants from three (3) ...
Teaching in Universities in Ghana: The tensions and dilemmas

Amua-Sekyi, Ekua Tekyiwa (University of Cape Coast, 2010)

This study explored lecturers' experience of teaching and learning within an expanding higher educational system. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore lecturers' perceptions and experiences of teaching an ...
Ghanaian teacher trainees’ perception of the official Social Studies curriculum and the resources available for its implementation

Kankam, B (2010)

This paper examines teacher trainees' perception of the nature, usefulness and adequacy of the official Social Studies curriculum prescribed by the syllabus issued by the Teacher Education Division of the Ghana Education ...
Ghanaian teacher trainees’ perception of the official Social Studies curriculum and the resources available for its implementation

Kankam, B. (University of Cape Coast, 2010)

This paper examines teacher trainees' perception of the nature, usefulness and adequacy of the official Social Studies curriculum prescribed by the syllabus issued by the Teacher Education Division of the Ghana Education ...
The Relationship Between Students’ Achievements in Mathematics and their Performance in Economics

Mumuni, Baba Yidana; Acquah, Bernard Yaw Sekyi; Anti Partey, Peter (University of Cape Coast, 2010)

The study, conducted in selected senior high schools in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of Ghana sought to investigate the relationship between students’ achievements in Mathematics and their performance in Economics. A ...
Re-Echoing the Place of History in the School Curriculum

Cobbold, Cosmas; Adabo, Charles Oppong (University of Cape Coast, 2010-01)

History as a school subject faces the threat of losing its once privileged position in the curriculum of the Ghanaian school system. It is increasingly becoming unpopular among students as the number of those who enroll ...
Service quality and students’ satisfaction at higher learning institutions: the competing dimensions of Malaysian universities’ competitiveness

R. M. Hanaysha, Jalal; Hilman Abdullah, Haim; Warokka, Ari (Journal of Southeast Asian Research, 2011)

One of important determinants of national competitiveness is the quality of its higher education. This quality comes from the combination of excellent learning process and public satisfaction on the service delivered. ...

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