Stop reproducing what are in textbooks - Prof. urges students

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• Me 11 years ago

  I totally agree; students in Ghana must change their writing style and give credit to authors of books reference in their writing. One major reform I will like to see is the exit of the WAEC and lets focus and transition to a ...
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  I totally agree; students in Ghana must change their writing style and give credit to authors of books reference in their writing. One major reform I will like to see is the exit of the WAEC and lets focus and transition to a computer adaptive test for the high schools. There's too much cheating in this WEAC exams.

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• AGBEVE AGBENYAGA 11 years ago

  Just curious.

  Just curious.

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• kwadwo totobii 11 years ago

  INNOVATIVE IDEAS ARE LACKING NOT ONLY WITH STUDENTS BUT IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY
  THIS IS WHY WE GHANAIANS HAVE NO DEVELOPEMENT MODELS - BUT ONLY COPYING FROM EUROPE - AMERICA - COPIES WHICH ARE NOR APPROPRIATE FOR US GOOD PROF

  INNOVATIVE IDEAS ARE LACKING NOT ONLY WITH STUDENTS BUT IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY
  THIS IS WHY WE GHANAIANS HAVE NO DEVELOPEMENT MODELS - BUT ONLY COPYING FROM EUROPE - AMERICA - COPIES WHICH ARE NOR APPROPRIATE FOR US GOOD PROF

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• oamankwaa 11 years ago

  Ghanaian professors should come out with their own theories as well that will suit the local conditions and stop teaching outdated western theories and fallacies. I they set exam questions that require critical thinking stude ...
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  Ghanaian professors should come out with their own theories as well that will suit the local conditions and stop teaching outdated western theories and fallacies. I they set exam questions that require critical thinking student will cease reproducing what is in textbooks.

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• Akadu Mensema 11 years ago

  Talk is cheap! Lectures are book-driven!

  Talk is cheap! Lectures are book-driven!

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• Amecole. 11 years ago

  Mmm, l wonder in which Ghana, this lady Professor lives in. Her advice should first and foremost be directed towards Ghanaian higher education faculty who demand their students read (and reproduce) plagiarised "texts", the fa ...
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  Mmm, l wonder in which Ghana, this lady Professor lives in. Her advice should first and foremost be directed towards Ghanaian higher education faculty who demand their students read (and reproduce) plagiarised "texts", the faculty prepare and sell to the students. The students hence are not encouraged to think outside the box. Ghana campus education is about the lecturers feeding off the poor students, who have to chew and pass.

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• OBINNA 11 years ago

  JUST WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS. SHE IS RIGHT AHEAD OF THE CURVE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THE STUDENTS TO GREATNESS. THIS IS THE WAY TOWARDS THE PRACTICAL AND (THEORETICAL)DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY.

  JUST WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS. SHE IS RIGHT AHEAD OF THE CURVE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THE STUDENTS TO GREATNESS. THIS IS THE WAY TOWARDS THE PRACTICAL AND (THEORETICAL)DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY.

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• Abdul 11 years ago

  I wonder if this Prof. Is a product of any of our universities, don't be hypocritical, what has the universities made available for the students as incentives or funding for their ideas to be realistic.

  I wonder if this Prof. Is a product of any of our universities, don't be hypocritical, what has the universities made available for the students as incentives or funding for their ideas to be realistic.

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• oko 11 years ago

  most of prof. do the same.we learnt from them.

  most of prof. do the same.we learnt from them.

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• BOWONDA 11 years ago

  This is great news! A Ghanaian Professor is encouraging students to think?! The old 'Chew Pour Pass and Forget' [CPPF] philosophy is DEAD and BURIED. Like many have said here, that is part of the reasons why we are stagnant i ...
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  This is great news! A Ghanaian Professor is encouraging students to think?! The old 'Chew Pour Pass and Forget' [CPPF] philosophy is DEAD and BURIED. Like many have said here, that is part of the reasons why we are stagnant in our developmental agenda. But the change can happen only if the tutors themselves change!Students should be encouraged to think outside the box, to critique what they read and develop new conclusions. However, in a situation where the poor students depend on the books written by faculty to pass their examinations, this is not going to be easy. Unless, of course, the tutors themselves encourage them to apply this critical stance even to their own books. After all, tutors have to be humble enough to accept the fact that they are not Divine and hence could be 'challenged' on what they write. If the Book is published and goes for Review, people can tear it into shred! But that is what scholarship is all about. This is how innovative ideas develop.

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