WELL SAID, Maame
We are tired of mental assented education we need practice-knowledge education
WELL SAID, Maame
We are tired of mental assented education we need practice-knowledge education
Counselor 7 years ago
We are in agreement professor however I believe also the skills and education that have to be taught has to be in agreement with the dynamics in the demand and supply in the labor market to prepare them for the labor market. ... read full comment
We are in agreement professor however I believe also the skills and education that have to be taught has to be in agreement with the dynamics in the demand and supply in the labor market to prepare them for the labor market. In addition the students should not only be critical thinkers but must also be problem solvers in the society. This will open the door for ingenuity and technology which the country desperately needs.
Umknown 7 years ago
Labor market? The students can only be creative if they are given an application oriented education whereby they can create their own jobs or be innovative. Gone were the days when graduates were only prepared for jobs made r ... read full comment
Labor market? The students can only be creative if they are given an application oriented education whereby they can create their own jobs or be innovative. Gone were the days when graduates were only prepared for jobs made ready by government or some entity.
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago
But you people said with plenty university graduates Ghana will automatically develop. The fact is that no serious nation has ever used general education as delivered by our traditional universities to initiate any meaningful ... read full comment
But you people said with plenty university graduates Ghana will automatically develop. The fact is that no serious nation has ever used general education as delivered by our traditional universities to initiate any meaningful development.
Tekonline.org 7 years ago
The mindset of the Ghanaian is part of the problem. This is the typical formula envisaged by both parents and students:
(1) obtain admission to any university by any means
(2) get a university degree, by pursuing any cour ... read full comment
The mindset of the Ghanaian is part of the problem. This is the typical formula envisaged by both parents and students:
(1) obtain admission to any university by any means
(2) get a university degree, by pursuing any course that would guarantee getting a university degree
(3) secure gainful employment anywhere with that university degree.
So you see, parents and their wards simply aim for salaries, period.
Would you find a parent that would say: "I want you to get university education so that you find a cure for malaria?"
Kojo 7 years ago
I agree with you 100%, perfect point
I agree with you 100%, perfect point
KPO 7 years ago
In Africa especially Ghana having a degree means you are smart and intelligent, having a certificate in Ghana is better in the eyes of the average Ghanaian than having practical skills. In the west it is the opposite, even at ... read full comment
In Africa especially Ghana having a degree means you are smart and intelligent, having a certificate in Ghana is better in the eyes of the average Ghanaian than having practical skills. In the west it is the opposite, even at young age you get work experience as part of your curriculum in the west. In Ghana it is chew and pour, pass and forget.
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago
You see, up till date most university graduates in Ghana don't know the difference between training and education. That is the genesis of the Ghanaian unemployment problem.
You see, up till date most university graduates in Ghana don't know the difference between training and education. That is the genesis of the Ghanaian unemployment problem.
Tekonline.org 7 years ago
Training alone is grossly insufficient unless you are a robot.
An effective education is a composite of concepts, insights, principles, imagination, logical reasoning, and experimentation as guided by theoretical construc ... read full comment
Training alone is grossly insufficient unless you are a robot.
An effective education is a composite of concepts, insights, principles, imagination, logical reasoning, and experimentation as guided by theoretical constructs. That is why universities are called centers of higher learning, and that is the reason why you do not go to a university just to learn how to fabricate a table!
Tekonline.org 7 years ago
It depends on WHAT exactly was learned in the process of getting a university degree. The world is becoming very complex and both theoretical principles as well as experimentation are necessary. To build a self-driving car, y ... read full comment
It depends on WHAT exactly was learned in the process of getting a university degree. The world is becoming very complex and both theoretical principles as well as experimentation are necessary. To build a self-driving car, you need to understand machine learning. Such a difficult and complex course can only be found in a university.
Abigail 7 years ago
Some of your graduates from Legon, to be specific, cannot even write a very simple research proposal left alone to develop a questionnaire for a simple data collection.
Some of your graduates from Legon, to be specific, cannot even write a very simple research proposal left alone to develop a questionnaire for a simple data collection.
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago
Academicians are now shifting the goal post after they have been exposed.
Academicians are now shifting the goal post after they have been exposed.
THE CRUSADER 7 years ago
Maame why this long?oh!PROF.
Maame why this long?oh!PROF.
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Tekonline.org 7 years ago
Actually, the motivational force provided by the desire to obtain A's can be capitalized to steer students in the right direction.
The problem is not really about teaching to pass. The real issue is HOW students are teste ... read full comment
Actually, the motivational force provided by the desire to obtain A's can be capitalized to steer students in the right direction.
The problem is not really about teaching to pass. The real issue is HOW students are tested and passed.
Say, you teach students all about nutrition. How would you test them? Asking them a series of questions, like "why is Folic Acid essential to the body"? No. You take the students to a hospital cafeteria or a restaurant and tell them to list all the things wrong with the menu and why.
Similarly, after teaching students all about the Theory of Osmosis, the final exam should comprise building a water filtration system for providing potable water for villagers. You get an 'A' if you succeed in generating water free of contaminants.
Students should be tested and graded according to their ability to SOLVE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS. The process would also naturally inculcate critical thinking skills.
Take the case of a course in Immunochemistry in one leading Canadian university: The three-month course is taught by at least 12 professors. The final exam is just a 15-minute interview. A student would be given a real-life scenario and asked what should be done to save the patient.
In another institution, after a semester-long teaching of general biology, students would be given a one-question exam: "you have been transported to planet Venus and provided with a portable laboratory. How would you test for the presence of life?"
If teachers and lecturers are creative about testing, they can make students be motivated about applying creating thinking to transform what they have learned into real problem-solving feats. And that should be how an 'A' should be obtained.
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago
It is only in Ghana that lecturer will telll you that a three hour course means that the examination duration for that course is three hours. This is where the problem is. Elsewhere, they will devote one credit hours to pract ... read full comment
It is only in Ghana that lecturer will telll you that a three hour course means that the examination duration for that course is three hours. This is where the problem is. Elsewhere, they will devote one credit hours to practical and two credit hours to theory depending on whether that institution is a university or polytechnic.
Tekonline.org 7 years ago
Sometimes, you need 1 minute of theory for just one year of practical effort. Other times, you would require 5 years of theory for every 1 hour of practical activity.
It all DEPENDS !!!
To know how to remove a brain t ... read full comment
Sometimes, you need 1 minute of theory for just one year of practical effort. Other times, you would require 5 years of theory for every 1 hour of practical activity.
It all DEPENDS !!!
To know how to remove a brain tumor, you would need to know the name and location of every blood vessel in the brain, the function of every millimeter of brain tissue,and the knowledge of tons of cases of successful brain surgeries. It takes years and years to prepare for the first one minute of cut in brain tissue.
Do not lump all educational endeavors into one basket. And your obsession with "universities versus polytechnics" would get you nowhere, trust me.
AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago
You see, nobody has any problem with theory. What you should know is that most of the so called theories were documented through long years of practical exposure. This is what the universities in Ghana do not appreciate and s ... read full comment
You see, nobody has any problem with theory. What you should know is that most of the so called theories were documented through long years of practical exposure. This is what the universities in Ghana do not appreciate and so decide to look down on anything practical. I of a university in Ghana offering applied biology without a laboratory technician and the lecturers too have taken advantage of the situation to make every thing theoretical. Is how science education is meant to be.
Umknown 7 years ago
I agree with you with the so called universities versus polytechnics. Some the so called universities must be converted to 2 year colleges or poly.
I agree with you with the so called universities versus polytechnics. Some the so called universities must be converted to 2 year colleges or poly.
Eke 7 years ago
Equip the schools with teaching and learning materials with proper supervision. When new jss came in the 1980s they were fully equipped. Go there and see if you will get a common measuring cylinder or a hack saw or even a tes ... read full comment
Equip the schools with teaching and learning materials with proper supervision. When new jss came in the 1980s they were fully equipped. Go there and see if you will get a common measuring cylinder or a hack saw or even a test tube. The problem is our mindset about certificates. What about those who had the opportunity to school in developed world but come back and sit in A/C offices and give orders to others to build roads, houses and so on? This country is chocked phds engineers and the rest yet we have to go to china or Brazil to bring their expertise
Good citizen 7 years ago
Teachers especially in shd are doing teaching to pass and not teaching to do because 1. Our universities are only depending on students with grade A to admit into any of the so called importance courses.2. Waec only gives goo ... read full comment
Teachers especially in shd are doing teaching to pass and not teaching to do because 1. Our universities are only depending on students with grade A to admit into any of the so called importance courses.2. Waec only gives good grades to the "chew and pour" thing that students who are capable of doing that will do. 3. At shd the teacher whose students get many grade A is the one considered to be good and every students want to be his student. Now here is the truth, due to all that I have said above, any teacher who will try to do more practical teaching will be behind and will not be able to finish the syllabus within the duration GES has given. Also ther is a widespread problem of lack of laboratory apparatus and chemicals for practical based teaching. So every teacher then take the easy way out - transfer the information to the students in Tue classroom as quickly as u can so he can finish the syllabus within the duration given so that the student can chew and pour for WAEC to also give him or her grade A. So the universities can also Admit their favorite chew and pour students. SIMPLE
ENOUGH OF THE PREACHING 7 years ago
We all know what the problem is, the problem is the fucking economy that is stupid. You lecturers and politicians are 80% of the problem.
We all know what the problem is, the problem is the fucking economy that is stupid. You lecturers and politicians are 80% of the problem.
Paa Joe 7 years ago
WAS IS IT NECESSARY FOR THE NATION THAT IS STILL CRIPPLED WITH QUALITY SKILLED WORKFORCE(ARTISANS AND TECHNICIANS)TO TURN THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION,THE BACKBONE OF INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, AND FOR THE ILL ... read full comment
WAS IS IT NECESSARY FOR THE NATION THAT IS STILL CRIPPLED WITH QUALITY SKILLED WORKFORCE(ARTISANS AND TECHNICIANS)TO TURN THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION,THE BACKBONE OF INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, AND FOR THE ILL EQUIPPED VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS TO BE TURNED INTO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
WHAT IS A TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY WHEN ITS STAFF DO NOT HAVE THE REQUISITE PROFESIONAL PRACTICAL PRECISION QUALIFICATIONS AND ITS LABORATORIES AND WORKSHOPS STILL ILL EQUIPPED.
IT IS A PITY, WE DO NOT STILL KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING IN A HEAVILY INDEPTED POOR COUNTRY(HIPC)IN THE WORLD IN THE 21st CENTURY..
UNLESS THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS COMPLETLY OVERHAULED, TEACHERS WILL STILL CONTINUE WITH THE CHEW AND POUR PRACTICES,SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL ONLY TO PRODUCE NON PRODUCTVE SCOOL LEAVERS AND GRADUATES FOR NON PRODUCTIVE WORK IN THE COUNTRY.
ARE YOU THERE ,EWURABA NUTRITION PROFESSOR.
Loneranger 7 years ago
Teachers only execute what MOH and GES prescribe.
Teachers only execute what MOH and GES prescribe.
Angela 7 years ago
I totally agree with you maa the government should do something about it the book laway is killing us aaaaaaba
I totally agree with you maa the government should do something about it the book laway is killing us aaaaaaba
John Kelly 7 years ago
Teachers teach according to syllabi provided. So if we need a change in the way the education system turn out students, then we have to give orientation to those that prepare the syllabi.
Teachers teach according to syllabi provided. So if we need a change in the way the education system turn out students, then we have to give orientation to those that prepare the syllabi.
Afua Tetteh 6 years ago
I totally agree with your point of view, Prof. You've challenged us all to think and do!
I totally agree with your point of view, Prof. You've challenged us all to think and do!
WELL SAID, Maame
We are tired of mental assented education we need practice-knowledge education
We are in agreement professor however I believe also the skills and education that have to be taught has to be in agreement with the dynamics in the demand and supply in the labor market to prepare them for the labor market. ...
read full comment
Labor market? The students can only be creative if they are given an application oriented education whereby they can create their own jobs or be innovative. Gone were the days when graduates were only prepared for jobs made r ...
read full comment
But you people said with plenty university graduates Ghana will automatically develop. The fact is that no serious nation has ever used general education as delivered by our traditional universities to initiate any meaningful ...
read full comment
The mindset of the Ghanaian is part of the problem. This is the typical formula envisaged by both parents and students:
(1) obtain admission to any university by any means
(2) get a university degree, by pursuing any cour ...
read full comment
I agree with you 100%, perfect point
In Africa especially Ghana having a degree means you are smart and intelligent, having a certificate in Ghana is better in the eyes of the average Ghanaian than having practical skills. In the west it is the opposite, even at ...
read full comment
You see, up till date most university graduates in Ghana don't know the difference between training and education. That is the genesis of the Ghanaian unemployment problem.
Training alone is grossly insufficient unless you are a robot.
An effective education is a composite of concepts, insights, principles, imagination, logical reasoning, and experimentation as guided by theoretical construc ...
read full comment
It depends on WHAT exactly was learned in the process of getting a university degree. The world is becoming very complex and both theoretical principles as well as experimentation are necessary. To build a self-driving car, y ...
read full comment
Some of your graduates from Legon, to be specific, cannot even write a very simple research proposal left alone to develop a questionnaire for a simple data collection.
Academicians are now shifting the goal post after they have been exposed.
Maame why this long?oh!PROF.
Powerful spritualist, Your better days is not tomorrow us you expect but is just on your on hands Nana red powers spritual center makes it so easy and you will never regret in your life, I help people in the following (1) ins ...
read full comment
Actually, the motivational force provided by the desire to obtain A's can be capitalized to steer students in the right direction.
The problem is not really about teaching to pass. The real issue is HOW students are teste ...
read full comment
It is only in Ghana that lecturer will telll you that a three hour course means that the examination duration for that course is three hours. This is where the problem is. Elsewhere, they will devote one credit hours to pract ...
read full comment
Sometimes, you need 1 minute of theory for just one year of practical effort. Other times, you would require 5 years of theory for every 1 hour of practical activity.
It all DEPENDS !!!
To know how to remove a brain t ...
read full comment
You see, nobody has any problem with theory. What you should know is that most of the so called theories were documented through long years of practical exposure. This is what the universities in Ghana do not appreciate and s ...
read full comment
I agree with you with the so called universities versus polytechnics. Some the so called universities must be converted to 2 year colleges or poly.
Equip the schools with teaching and learning materials with proper supervision. When new jss came in the 1980s they were fully equipped. Go there and see if you will get a common measuring cylinder or a hack saw or even a tes ...
read full comment
Teachers especially in shd are doing teaching to pass and not teaching to do because 1. Our universities are only depending on students with grade A to admit into any of the so called importance courses.2. Waec only gives goo ...
read full comment
We all know what the problem is, the problem is the fucking economy that is stupid. You lecturers and politicians are 80% of the problem.
WAS IS IT NECESSARY FOR THE NATION THAT IS STILL CRIPPLED WITH QUALITY SKILLED WORKFORCE(ARTISANS AND TECHNICIANS)TO TURN THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION,THE BACKBONE OF INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, AND FOR THE ILL ...
read full comment
Teachers only execute what MOH and GES prescribe.
I totally agree with you maa the government should do something about it the book laway is killing us aaaaaaba
Teachers teach according to syllabi provided. So if we need a change in the way the education system turn out students, then we have to give orientation to those that prepare the syllabi.
I totally agree with your point of view, Prof. You've challenged us all to think and do!