Teaching in Universities in Ghana: The tensions and dilemmas

Abstract

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 undergraduate module. Interviewees raised issues pertaining to the wider departmental, institutional and sociopolitical context. The findings suggest that lecturers perceive numerous external factors to impinge upon their teaching impacting on their roles as lecturers. and an attempt to militate against these in various ways in order to achieve ongoing enhancement of learning for students.