Emerging themes in educational reforms in Ghana as seen through education reforms in the United States

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Main Author:	Agbemabiese, Padmore G. E.
Language:	English
Published:	The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2007
Subjects:	Ghana Education Education Reform
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1173366013

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu11733660132021-08-03T05:52:04Z Emerging themes in educational reforms in Ghana as seen through education reforms in the United States Agbemabiese, Padmore G. E. Ghana Education Education Reform This study examined Ghana’s education reform initiatives between 1975 and 1996 in the light of contemporary linguistic and diversity issues in the country. The goal was to identify emerging themes and determine the extent to which Ghana’s education reform can be improved by drawing upon the rich resources of education reforms in the U. S. The study sought to create a broader framework for understanding Ghana’s education system by situating it in the contexts of debates and practices in English education in the United States. Drawing upon Kirk and Miller (1986) and Bissex (1990), the study utilized a qualitative and interpretive case study format to present a critical analysis of issues emerging from Ghana’s educational reform documents. Thus, this study drew attention to the educational aims in the U. S. by providing an analysis of educational models in the U. S. education system that might help Ghana to meet the challenge of teaching literacy in its culturally and linguistically diverse classroom. The research question addressed in this study was, “What are the emerging issues that characterized reform initiatives in Ghana’s educational programs between 1975 and 1996?” Data analyzed by the researcher revealed that the Ghanaian educational reforms articulated democratic and transformative goals in order to address the socio-economic realities of Ghana; however, the adoption of undemocratic procedures tended to result in dismal outcomes of the educational reform efforts. The lack of programmatic effort and assessments by policy makers tended to create gaps that resulted from the pervasive lack of coordination between education policy and education practice. The solution that this researcher suggests is the reconciliation of the problem by expanding the notion of democracy to involve the active role of all actors in the education reform process, with deliberate inclusion of classroom teachers and teacher preparation program administrators. Finally, an emergent theoretical model identified desired educational goals and inter-connected variables in the Ghanaian society. 2007-03-08 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1173366013 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1173366013 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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title	Emerging themes in educational reforms in Ghana as seen through education reforms in the United States
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Emerging themes in educational reforms in Ghana as seen through education reforms in the United States

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