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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
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Bannor, Richard Kwasi; Oppong-Kyeremeh, Helena; Amfo, Bismark; Hope, Lesley; Kyire, Samuel Kwabena Chaa – SAGE Open, 2022
The authors examined cocoa farmers' participation in Farmer Business Schools (FBS) in Ghana, impacts of livelihood outcomes (human, physical, financial, and social capitals) on participation, and implications of participation on productivity and per capita expenditure. We used cross-sectional data from 150 cocoa farmers. Data was analyzed with…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Education, Business Administration Education, Expenditures
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Amos, Patricia Mawusi; Bedu-Addo, P. K. A.; Antwi, Theresa – SAGE Open, 2020
Counseling is an age-old practice with roots dating back to the 20th century. Twenty-first-century boom in technology has offered new opportunities for counseling practice, making it possible for counselors and clients to interact virtually without recourse to physical meetings. This study sought to investigate students' experiences of online…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Counseling Services, Undergraduate Students
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Adu-Yeboah, Christine; Kwaah, Christopher Yaw – SAGE Open, 2018
This study sought to understand the process of providing on-campus practical experience to teacher trainees in preparation for practicum in basic schools, and how the trainees perceive these. It used the mixed method approach to obtain data from three purposively sampled colleges of education in the Central Region of Ghana. Questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Experiential Learning, Student Attitudes
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Abukari, Ziblim – SAGE Open, 2018
Resilience research began in North America and Western Europe but there is a growing call for exploration of what resilience might mean in specific cultural contexts. Placed within the context of Africentrism and resilience perspectives, this study explores academic experiences of Ghanaian youth in three universities. Semistructured and focus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Risk, Academic Achievement
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Boakye, Cecilia; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey – SAGE Open, 2017
We explored the challenges that five newly qualified teachers (NQTs) faced in the teaching and learning situation and how they addressed their challenges. The teachers taught integrated science at the Junior High School (JHS; ages 12-15 years). Data were collected through observation, interview, and content analysis. We used the inductive and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Junior High Schools