Using DL to Address the Educational Need of the Ghanaian Basic School Teachers

dc.contributor.author Owusu-Boateng, William
dc.contributor.author Essel, Rebecca
dc.contributor.author Mensah, Joseph A
dc.coverage.placeName Ghana en_US
dc.coverage.spatial Africa en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2019-04-23T23:24:12Z
dc.date.available 2019-04-23T23:24:12Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.description.abstract This study was conducted to find out the acceptability of Distance Learning (DL) to Basic School Teachers in Ghana and how they are availing themselves to DL programmes in the country. It was also conducted to find out the opportunities available to teachers who opt for DL programmes and how they finance their education. // A questionnaire was administered to 320 Basic School teachers pursuing DL programmes in four study centres of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The study revealed that: Basic school teachers have accepted DL programmes as they allow them to study at their convenience, pace and to enjoy the comfort of the home. It also affords them access to lifelong education. // This paper makes recommendation on the need for Ghana Education Service (GES) to financially support teachers who opt for DL. It also recommends some other incentives that GES could give to teachers pursuing DL programmes to attract them to opt for DL programmes, as this will go a long way to solve the problem of shortage of teachers at the Basic level and to drastically reduce the high turn over of teachers. // Paper ID 240 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11599/3148
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Commonwealth of Learning (COL) en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ en_US
dc.subject Open and Distance Learning (ODL) en_US
dc.title Using DL to Address the Educational Need of the Ghanaian Basic School Teachers en_US
dc.type Working Paper en_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Name:
PID_240.pdf
Size:
48.03 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
PDF
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: