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ICT integration in Teacher Education - A study of University of Education, Winneba

This paper generally sought to investigate the integration level of ICT in the training of teacher trainees at University of Education, Winneba. All level 100 students were purposive targeted in particular since they were registered to take the ICT course. One hundred of the Level 100 students were randomly selected in class to perform tasks in ICT. As part of information gathering for this research work, set tasks were prepared for the students to perform and an observation checklist was used to collect data. All these activities were done both before the intervention and after the intervention. In order to determine if the observed differences in performance of activities were statistically significant, the chi square test of independence was used. There were statistically significant relationship between the success of the tasks before or after the intervention was made. It was established that the interventions had resulted in the improvement of the ability of the respondents to undertake various ICT tasks. It is therefore recommended that the university should continue with the integration of ICT in the programmes offered in the university

Source: UEW
ICT integration in the teaching and learning of Social Studies in senior high schools in the New Juaben Municipality

The study was conducted to determine the integration of ICT in the teaching and learning of Social Studies in Senior High Schools in the New Juaben Municipality. The study was guided by four research questions. The study was a descriptive survey and had a population of one hundred and seven respondents. The study employed the census technique and therefore the entire one hundred and seven Social Studies Teacher‘s were used for the study. Questionnaire was developed to solicit for information from the respondents. The data gathered were analyzed using tables, frequencies, and percentages. The study revealed that the integration of ICT in the teaching of Social Studies makes lessons more interesting. It was further revealed that ICT improves Social Studies lesson presentation. It was noticeable from the study that availability of ICT tools in the teaching and learning of Social Studies were limited. The study revealed that most Social Studies teachers have little knowledge in the use of ICT in teaching the subject. It was further found that teachers have not been given adequate training in the use of ICT in teaching Social Studies. The study recommends that, heads of the various schools in the New Juaben Municipality, encourage the teachers in their schools to make appropriate use of ICT facilities in the teaching and learning of Social Studies. The researcher further recommends that, the Ministry of Education should make budgetary allocations annually to maintain, replace, and expand ICT facilities in the schools.

Source: UEW
ICT knowledge and competencies of students with visual impairment in the University of Education, Winneba.

This study investigated the knowledge and competencies of students with visual impairment in the University of Educagtion, Winneba about information and communication technology (ICT). The study adopted the case study research design, where 33 students with visual impairment were randomly sampled from a population of 88 students with visual impairment. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to analyse the data. The results of the study indicated that the participants were knowledgeable in some aspects of ICT; specifically, in activities that fall in the category of basic computer operations while they lacked knowledge and competence in other areas, including activities that were categorized under software and applications, word processing, email and other communication platform, and web browsing and online. Also, the study revealed that the competencies of the participants were related directly with their ICT knowledge. Again, the study found that there were several challenges that students with visual impairment in the University faced in acquiring ICT knowledge and competencies, such as poor internet connectivity, lack of technical support, lack of personnel support, and inaccessibility of ICT tools. Again, the study reported that if strategies such as enhanced accessibility of ICT tools, adequate personnel and technological support were put in place, the challenges that students with visual impairment encounter would be eliminated or reduced drastically. The study concluded that students with visual impairment who participated in the study were knowledgeable and competent in some areas of ICT. A major recommendation therefore was that students should be trained by competent ICT personnel who understand the technological needs of students with visual impairment.

Source: UEW
ICT knowledge, skills and usage among teachers and students of cape coast school for the deaf in Cape Coast

This study was to find out the level of ICT knowledge, skills, and utilization among teachers and students in teaching and learning at the Cape Coast School for the Deaf. Twenty-eight (28) teachers and forty (40) students were randomly sampled from the population which included all teachers and students of the school, numbering onehundred and forty (140). A questionnaire was administered to the teachers and students, and an interview was conducted with some teachers, to collect data for the study. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to analyse the data. The results of the study indicated that the level of ICT knowledge and skills of majority of the teachers was high. Also, the study revealed that the level of teachers‟ ICT knowledge and skills positively influence their usage of ICT for teaching. Again, it was found out that the higher the knowledge and skills, the lower the challenges faced. The study further revealed that the level of knowledge and skills among the students was relatively high. It was also found that students faced some challenges in using ICT for teaching. Finally, it emerged that the difference in the level of ICT knowledge and skills between male and female students was not statistically significant. The study concluded that the use of ICT for teaching and learning should be enhanced by providing the resources and personnel to help the teachers and students. It is recommended that the teachers and students should be given access to the use of computers and the Internet. Also, in-service training should be organized regularly for the teachers, by the Ghana Education Service.

Source: UEW
Identification of factors that predispose senior high school students towards participation in intramural sporting activities

Students who engaged in intramural sports programme during their school years open themselves up to a wide range of life enhancing benefits. Such benefits include discovering ways of coping with stress, creating a sense of accomplishment, finding ways of coping with stress, creating a sense of accomplishment, finding ways to control body weight and maintaining physical wellbeing, building friendships and close contact as well as improving various sports skills. (Banta Bradley and Bryant 1991). The researcher used descriptive survey for the study and data was randomly collected from 300 students, 24 class advisors (teachers) of Three Town Senior High School. Questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was analyzed by the used of frequencies and percentages. Data reveals that Football is the most predominant intramural sports patronized in the school. The study reveals that external rewards such as awards and scholarship is the main reason why majority of students in Three town Senior High School participate in sports. The study also reveals that student’s motives for participating in intramural sports varied from one form to another. Example, while first years participate in intramural sports to expand their interest, the second years and the third years engaged in it to be creative. Lack of time to combine academic with sports is the main challenges facing most of the students in this particular school

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Identification of Key Indicators for Sustainable Construction Materials

Studies on sustainable construction materials are on the rise with their environmental, social, and economic benefits. This study identifies the key indicators for measuring sustainable construction materials. The design used for the study was that of a survey which relied on a questionnaire with five-point Likert scale to generate data for the analysis. For this purpose, 25 indicators from the three dimensions (environmental, social, and economic) identified from the literature were presented to the respondents in a structured questionnaire, and responses were collected and analysed using SPSS. The study identified three key environmental indicators for measuring sustainable construction materials, and these indicators are human toxicity, climate change, and solid waste. Furthermore, adaptability, thermal comfort, local resources, and housing for all were identified as the four key social indicators for sustainable construction materials. In addition, maintenance cost, operational cost, initial cost, long-term savings, and life span were found to be the five key economic indicators for measuring sustainable construction materials. The study therefore suggests that these twelve indicators should be considered in future studies that seek to measure sustainable construction materials. � 2018 Humphrey Danso.

Source: UEW
Identity construction of celebrities on facebook a study of selected Ghanaian artistes.

The advent of internet and the Social Networking Sites (SNSs) is another significant phenomenon that is shaping social interaction. SNSs have opened the doors of communication, allowing people from around the world to engage in identity creation and relationship development. Several studies have sought to explain how identities are constructed online especially on the SNSs. Through qualitative textual analysis, interview and cyber ethnography viewed through the lens of symbolic interactionism and the identity theory, this study probes into how celebrities (musicians, actresses and actors) in Ghana construct their identities and further investigates into the kind of identities celebrities construct for themselves on Facebook. The study concludes that in order to meet the positive expectations of their followers, celebrities devise several schemes to construct favourable identities of themselves on Facebook.

Source: UEW
Identity construction of Isis A textual analysis of Dabiq magazine

This thesis examines how the Islamic State popularly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) construct their identity in an online magazine called Dabiq. The study employs the qualitative approach. A purposive sampling technique was used to sample the 14th edition of the magazine. Drawing on social identity theory (SIT) and the concept of clusivity, I analyze ISIS’s group dynamics and their use of linguistic and lexical elements to construct their identity in Dabiq. I further probe into the expressive value of selected clusivity markers ISIS use to associate with favorable audience and dissociate from unfavorable audience. This was subtly constructed with the use of indexicals. Through cyber-ethnography and anchored on SIT, clusivity and the globalization theory, the study reveals that ISIS construct their identity as jihadists and paladins of Sharia as opposed to secular democracy. The study further indicates that ISIS propagated a call aimed at persuading Muslims to migrate to Iraq and Syria as a safe haven for salvation called Hijra or emigration. Furthermore, the study shows that ISIS use political communications as an online strategy in constructing their identity. The study concludes that the major aim of ISIS through their identity construction in the Dabiq magazine is to ensure a global sharia juridical state

Source: UEW
Identity construction of Isis A textual analysis of Dabiq magazine

This thesis examines how the Islamic State popularly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) construct their identity in an online magazine called Dabiq. The study employs the qualitative approach. A purposive sampling technique was used to sample the 14th edition of the magazine. Drawing on social identity theory (SIT) and the concept of clusivity, I analyze ISIS’s group dynamics and their use of linguistic and lexical elements to construct their identity in Dabiq. I further probe into the expressive value of selected clusivity markers ISIS use to associate with favorable audience and dissociate from unfavorable audience. This was subtly constructed with the use of indexicals. Through cyber-ethnography and anchored on SIT, clusivity and the globalization theory, the study reveals that ISIS construct their identity as jihadists and paladins of Sharia as opposed to secular democracy. The study further indicates that ISIS propagated a call aimed at persuading Muslims to migrate to Iraq and Syria as a safe haven for salvation called Hijra or emigration. Furthermore, the study shows that ISIS use political communications as an online strategy in constructing their identity. The study concludes that the major aim of ISIS through their identity construction in the Dabiq magazine is to ensure a global sharia juridical state.

Source: UEW
Identity construction of students with hearing impairment on the University of Education, Winneba campus- a phenomenological study

Identity construction and how individuals decide to navigate or portray themselves play an essential role in their communication with other individuals. The hearing impaired population is one group that encounters challenges when it comes to their identity construction in a hearing-dominant environment. This study as a result, seeks to examine the identity construction of students with hearing impairment in relation to their everyday interaction on a university campus (University of Education, Winneba). In this phenomenological study, the researcher purposively selects seven students with hearing impairment from the Special Education Department. With the aid of the Communication theory of identity, the Identity Negotiation theory and related reviewed literature, the researcher examines the identity these students construct in their communication with hearing peers and tutors. The study specifically explores the kinds of identity the students construct, how they negotiate their identity and further identifies the implication their identity has on Deaf or Hard of Hearing discourses. Through the use of interviews and observations, findings reveal that these students construct the Deaf, deaf and bicultural identities; however, the most domineering is the Deaf identity. Although participants express the challenge in fitting in, which is a revelation of identity gaps, they manage to negotiate their way through. Participants revealed that the ultimate means to negotiate in the hearing-domineering environment was through assertion of their identity using mindless behaviour, positive attitude, group association and humour. In addition, participants’ everyday interaction and swing in identity, affirm assertions in deaf discourses such as; the fluid nature of deaf identity, preference of group associations by deaf persons and the stigmatisation and marginalisation of deaf persons. The study concludes that students with hearing impairment construct diverse deaf identities but in a hearing dominating environment, group association identity is most preferred.

Source: UEW
Identity construction on whatsapp_ a study of selected undergraduate students of the university of education, Winneba

This study examined identity construction on WhatsApp through the profiles of some selected undergraduate students in the University of Education, Winneba, Winneba Campus. The research was conducted qualitatively through interviews and observation of participants profiles on WhatsApp. Data collected included images of participants‘ WhatsApp profiles which were analysed textually and thematically. The study was anchored on the Theories of Symbolic Interactionism, Identity Theory and Goffman‘s Presentation of Self. The study found that, religion, self and personal interest, family, business, friendship and relationship, and institutional/socio-academic group affiliations were the main identities constructed on WhatsApp by participants. These identities were mainly constructed through the use of tools such as text, pictures and picture-text images on their profiles. It was also found that the identities constructed on WhatsApp were not free from influences such as participants; friends, family, religion and the ―self‖. From the study, it was revealed that religion and the self as well as comments from family and friends on participants‘ profiles influence the identities they construct on WhatsApp

Source: UEW
Identity construction processes of undergraduate student users of cannabis in a Ghanaian public university

Although there are many studies conducted on cannabis and its effect on the people who use them, with regards to their health, relationships and personal development, each user may have unique reasons and experiences that spur him or her on to use it. The study is limited to only the undergraduate student users of cannabis at the University of Education, Winneba with the aim of finding out the culture that surrounds the consumption and use of cannabis. The data collection methods used included, interviews and participant observation as well as focus group discussions. The study also examines the identities that the undergraduate students construct as well as how they negotiate their identities around their cannabis consumption. Using the theory of symbolic interactionism, the identity negotiation theory and the social cognitive theory; through a qualitative research approach which was anchored on a descriptive research approach, the findings were properly analysed and themed. The study showed that factors such as ease of access, socialization, music and academic self-efficacy are pertinent motivations that influence the undergraduate students to consume cannabis. The study also showed that the participants, through their performances at the smoking avenues constructed multifaceted identities including personal identity, gender identity and social identity. The phenomenological study also showed that, in negotiating their identities around cannabis consumption, the strategies adopted by the participants included fashion, unity and entertainment. The study therefore concludes that the use of cannabis or marijuana among undergraduate students in universities and colleges is significantly normalised.

Source: UEW
Identity constuction of muslimahs on Facebook

Employing the theory of Self-presentation, Goffman’s presentation of the self, with a touch on Impressions Management, this study is centered on the identity construction of Muslim women on Facebook in Ghana; taking into consideration the kind of identities Muslimahs in Ghana construct on Facebook, the ways in which they perform these identities and the factors that account for the construction of their identities on Facebook. Using qualitative research approach and case study as a design, the study sampled 10 Muslimahs on Facebook. The data for the study was collected using interviews and online observation. The findings revealed different identities constructed by each participant, depending on their orientation and their understanding of Islam as a religion. It was also discovered that the respondents of the study perform multiple identities based on the salience of that identity to them and the situations in which they find themselves at a given time. The study revealed that participants expect positive feedback from their audiences and tend to be introverted from identities which are not supported by their audiences as they are the shapers of the identities they construct. The study recommends that in future, using the Uses and Gratification Theory, studies could be done to investigate the identity construction of Muslim women on Facebook in Ghana, concentration only on ‘Facebook Status’; one of the newest features added to Facebook, which comprises mostly video updates and a few pictures, seen by only people who follow the subscriber. The study recommends that, to keep Facebook as the easiest form of SNS, changes in the features of the app should be done with people who are less tech savvy in mind. Also, employing Goffman’s presentation of self, Muslimahs should ensure that the identities at the backstage conforms with the ones they have on social (the frontstage), as they can never tell who is watching and forming certain impressions that are unintended. Muslimahs should be mindful of their professional image when enacting identities on social media.

Source: UEW
Identity negotiation of newly recruited soldiers in the Ghana Armed Forces

This thesis examined how recruits negotiate their identity in the Ghana Armed Forces and the identities they assumed through the process. The study employed the qualitative approach of enquiry. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample 4 participants for an in-depth interview. Drawing on the Identity Negotiation and Organisational Behaviour theory, the study analysed how recruits negotiate their identity and how the military service facilitates recruit’s identity negotiation by administering a policy-based training programme meant for that purpose. The means through which recruits negotiate their identity are through individual Identity Negotiation and Institution induced Identity Negotiation. Additionally, recruit’s identity negotiation is influenced by the form of interaction that takes place between them and the instructors as well as their colleagues at training. Exchange Interaction and Cooperation Interaction enhance this influence. These interactions are in the form of assurances given to them on how life in the military is better than that outside it. Two major identities were found to be assumed by recruits through the identity negotiation process, which are Military Identity and Trade Identity. The study recommends that training policies and programmes are well structured in order to produce highly disciplined and purposeful soldiers who would contribute positively to the protection of the territorial integrity of the State.

Source: UEW