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Item Career development experiences of policewomen: insights from Ghana(Career Development International, 2024) Quartey, S.H.Purpose – This study explores the career development experiences of policewomen in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach – This study used phenomenology to explore the career development experiences of policewomen. The policewomen were purposively selected from the Ghana Police Service. The data were gathered from 23 policewomen. The data were thematically analyzed with the help of the NVivo 14 qualitative software application. Findings – Career leadership orientations, career support mechanisms and career environments shaped the career development experiences of policewomen. These major themes, with related sub-themes and codes, enhance our understanding of these experiences. Practical implications – The senior management of the Ghana Police Service can eliminate institutionalized gender biases against policewomen by formulating and implementing gender-inclusive and women-sensitive staff development policies. Originality/value – This study first highlights the importance of career leadership orientations, career support mechanisms and career environment in understanding the career development experiences of policewomen.Item Exploring the power of the media in promoting lifelong learning and popular mobilisation drive against 'Galamsey' in Ghana(Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2019-11) Biney, I.K.This paper explores the power of media in promoting lifelong learning in mobilising the citizenry against 'galamsey' activities in Ghana. 'Galamsey' connotes 'an illegal process of gathering mineral resources, especially gold, and selling them'. It is an activity engaged in by young adults resulting in destroying water bodies and posing water-related challenges to the citizenry. This qualitative study sought to ascertain what informed practitioners in the media space to mount a sustained lifelong learning drive against 'galamsey' in Ghana. The study used in-depth interview and focus group discussions to collect data from 15 participants purposively selected. Six male and female participants also shared their experiences on the 'galamsey' menace and the fight against it. Their thought, views and insightful ideas lie at the heart of this study. It emerged that the 'galamsey' activities were complex and engaged in by both Ghanaians and foreigners using heavy earth moving machines destroying forest vegetation cover and water bodies. The players involved bribe their way for protection. This paper recommends that the Government of Ghana and media houses involved in the fight against 'galamsey' sustain the lifelong learning drive to save water bodies, arable lands, and forest vegetation cover in Ghana.Item Exploring ICT use for distance education in Ghana(Educational technology in practice, 2010) Kwapong, O.; Ofosu, W.For several years after colonization, Ghana had only three universities—University of Ghana (UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and University of Cape Coast (UCC). These three could not absorb all the high school graduates who qualified for tertiary education. This situation has been partially alleviated by new universities being started, including private universities. In its effort to engage in national development, the government is embarking on national human resource development. To this end, the government of Ghana has targeted distance education (DE) as a means for widening access to tertiary education in Ghana (Ghana, 2002). With these efforts, four of the public universities have been providing some of their on-campus programs in the distance mode.Item Experiences of Adult Learners Using Sakai Learning Management System in Learning in Ghana(Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2019-07) Biney, I.K.The advancement in information and communication technology (ICT) and its application as teaching and learning tools has taken learning to a higher level. Innovations in ICT and its deployment in teaching and learning are aiding adult learning by distance education mode. Accra Learning Centre hosts the biggest students’ population pursuing degree programmes by distance education mode in Ghana. A simple descriptive statistics were adopted to help build a case in using the qualitative data. A descriptive narrative design was employed for conducting the study which tilt towards qualitative case study approach to investigate meanings and experiences adult learners have had when,– using the Sakai Learning Management System platform. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were used to collect data from 50 adult learners who participated in the study. Most (80%) of the learners indicated that they faced difficulties, including accessing computers, course materials online, weak link, poor network interface and connectivity, as well as power fluctuations when they started learning with the Sakai Learning Management System, which changed with time. The ICT platform created greater access to self-learning. The study concludes that the ICT laboratories should be refurbished – and installed with new computer accessories – for increased access to Sakai Learning Management System to learn.Item Ghanaian mature students’ motivation to pursue degree programmes through distance education(International Review of Education, 2018-10) Amponsah, S.; Torto, B.A.; Badu-Nyarko, S.K.Mature distance education students in Ghana, like part-time students all over the world, need to be motivated in order to enjoy their studies and succeed in what they do. In order to come up with incentives for such learners to join and complete a course, universities have to be aware of the characteristics and the socio-economic background of this group of learners and use an approach that best suits their needs at any given time. Based on Richard M. Ryan and Edward L. Deci’s self-determination theory, the authors of this article investigate the factors that motivate mature students to engage in distance education and how their motivation is sustained throughout their studies. Using a survey questionnaire, the authors collected data from 210 mature distance education students (106 males and 104 females; aged 30+) of the University of Ghana. Interestingly, some of the authors’ findings depart from the norm in terms of adult learners’ motivations and what extant literature holds as typified in the work of Ryan and Deci. Adult learners more generally are described in the literature as being mainly intrinsically motivated (e.g. by the desire to learn for its own sake, for the enjoyment it provides, or the feelings of accomplishment it evokes). Interestingly, this survey reveals that mature distance education students who were enrolled in a higher education programme offered by the University of Ghana were mainly extrinsically motivated, giving career development as their top reason for course selection. © 2018, Springer Nature B.V., and UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning.Item Motivational orientation of persons managing community water supply and sanitation programmes in the volta region of Ghana: An empirical study(Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2010-04) Kwaku Kwashie, H.B.This paper reports on an investigation into factors that determined the decisions of Watsan members to participate in and commit themselves to management activities that would ensure the sustainability of water supply and sanitation programmes in their communities. The particular management activities considered for this study were Watsan meetings, implementation of decisions and promotion of hygiene and sanitation practices. The major finding was that there were emerging shifts in the motivational orientations of the Watsan members to initially provide voluntary services to their communities, which was based purely on normative values. The current trend is that their decisions to continue membership and to participate in and commit themselves to Watsan activities are increasingly being shaped by remunerative values. It implies that their continued membership and willingness to perform their management tasks satisfactorily, in future, would depend on how much satisfaction they derived from being members. It is argued that, the absence of these motivational factors will eventually make the Watsan Committees incapable of holding scheduled meetings regularly and frequently, effectively implementing their decisions and efficiently promoting hygiene and sanitation practices in their communities.Item Promoting Student Participation in Quality Enhancement at the Wisconsin International University College (WIUC)(International Journal of Educational Leadership (IJEL), 2012) Boateng, J.K.Item Implication of Oil Exploration on Livelihood of Residents Around oil Rig Environs and Assessment of oil Exploration Policies: A Case of the Ghana Jubilee Oil(Annals of Humanities and Development Studies, 2013) Aryeh-Adjei, A.A.; Qijie, G.The focus of this paper is to explore and analyze the influence of oil exploration on community livelihoods and to assess oil exploration policies in Ghana. The study was undertaken in two communities (Half Assini and Efaso) in the Jomoro District of the Western region. The study employed purposive sampling of residents living in the Jubilee Oil field environs. After, simple random sampling was used to select 300 respondents from the study area out of a population of about 5000 to 10,000. Community livelihoods considered for this study include household income, education, nutrition and health. The likert type attitudinal question: ‘improving, no change and declining’ in a particular livelihood outcome was used. Results from the multinomial logistic estimation model revealed that the likelihood of the influence of development interventions was negatively and significantly related with respondents’ perception of household income, nutrition and education. That of household health was positive and not significant. Policies on oil exploration are found in the Environment Protection Agency Act of 1994 (Act 490) and the Environmental Assessment Regulations Act of 1999.Item The Impact of Government/NGO Support Services on Performance of Crop Production and In Urban Farmers’ Livelihood: A Case of Accra, Ghana(Annals of Humanities and Development Studies, 2011) Aryeh-Adjei, A.A.; Atengdem, P.Although urban agriculture plays an important role in economic development, activities that support it are rarely included in programmes for urban development and poverty reduction. The study was undertaken in three communities (Irrigation Development Authority area, Roman down and Afariwa) in the Ashaiman Municipality in the Greater-Accra region. The objective of the study is to determine whether Government/Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) support services increases performance of crop production and improvement in farmers’ livelihood and also to identify urban agricultural policies in Accra. Purposive sampling was used to select urban vegetable farmers out of an industry (urban agriculture) that produces, processes and markets food and fuel, to yield a diversity of crops and livestock. Simple random sampling was then used to select 104 out of 200 farmers and 5 members out of 12 Accra Working Group on Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture (AWGUPA) members using the pick and replace method. The Government support services found were Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and Irrigation Development Authority (IDA). The NGO support services were the Pro Credit Bank, Dangme Rural Bank and the “Mummies”. Eighty eight farmers who had access to Government/NGO support services observed an improvement in performance of crop production while 16 farmers who did not have access to assistance did not realize any improvement. Also, there was a significant difference between access to Government/NGO support services and the various livelihoods outcome of urban farmers. Contemporary policies influencing urban and peri-urban agriculture include policy and legislative support for urban agriculture, education and policy awareness on urban agriculture and urban food safety, among others. These draft guidelines for strengthening and supporting urban agriculture has been produced and presented by AWGUPA to Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for consideration. However, it has not yet been approved.Item Assessing development assistance to urban and peri-urban crop growers in Accra, Ghana(Journal of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Ecology, 2011) Aryeh-Adjei, A.A.; Atengdem, P.; Gao, Q.