ABSTRACT A study of the information seeking behaviour of students is an important pre-requisite for a library to provide efficient information resources and services to meet their information needs. The purpose of the study is to investigate the information needs, information sources, information seeking behaviours, library use, and challenges to information seeking behaviour of graduate students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA). The study employed the survey methodolog...
Abstract The increasing demand of students enrollments is leading to undesirable student-lecturer ratios which ultimately results in turning away of qualified applicants, has sparked numerous higher institutions especially those that runs distance programmes to adopt at least one learning management system. This study investigated the perceptions and use of the Sakai LMS among Distance Learning students of the University of Ghana. It investigated students’ awareness of the Sakai LMS and it...
ABSTRACT This study content analysed the January to December 2010 newspapers of the Daily Graphic and the Daily Guide to investigate the coverage of District Assembly elections in Ghana. The objectives for the investigation were to examine the dominant frames used in reporting issues on District Assembly elections, the format used in the coverage, the prominence accorded to District Assembly elections and the frequency of the stories in the various editions. The framing and agenda-setting th...
ABSTRACT Rural-urban migration is a phenomenon which impacts populations around the world in diverse ways. Research on the impact of rural-urban migration on the migrant, the rural areas and urban centres have been conducted, however little is known about how rural-urban migration affects the care of the elderly who are left behind. . This study set out to investigate the effects of ruralurban migration on the care of the elderly left behind in Akuse. Using a mixed methods approach comprising...
ABSTRACT An increasing number of people are turning their attention towards the gig economy, away from the traditional methods of engaging and being engaged for jobs. The Gig economy refers to an environment of technology-facilitated short-term consultative tasks that are performed on a project-by-project basis , popularly known as “Gigs”. Gigs are done in different sectors (e.g. computer and information technology, media and communications as well as transportation and dispatch sectors o...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the relationship between perception of sex and sexual behaviour among adolescents in poor urban communities in Accra. It also critically examined the attitudes of young adults towards sexual issues. The study further sought to investigate other sexual experiences of the adolescents in Ga-Mashie-a poor urban community in Accra. Round two survey of the EDULINK Urban Health and Poverty Project-individual questionnaire was used. The sample size was a total of 326 ...
Abstract This thesis is a visual analysis of the representations of women in the works of Adjo Kisser and Serge Attukwey Clottey both contemporary Ghanaian artists. Drawing primarily on Edmund Feldman‘s (1971) models for art criticism, the study investigates Kisser‘s drawings within the context of feminist humour with attention to the agency of creativity, play, and notions of artistic license. Clottey‘s charcoal drawings demonstrate some unique approaches to and perspectives on techn...
ABSTRACT A noun phrase is a phrase that behaves like a noun. The head of a noun phrase is technically the noun. In grammar, a noun phrase functions as subject and as an object. The noun phrase is found in the grammar of all languages and, therefore, this thesis aims to examine it in Ɔkere, a Guan language which is spoken in Ghana. This thesis examines the constituent structure of the noun phrase in Ɔkere, with a primary focus on determining the constraints on head-noun modification in the ...
ABSTRACT A study was undertaken in certain locations with contextual factors conducive to the sex trade in the capital city of Ghana; Accra. The areas were as follows: Konkomba market, Agbobloshie, Abuja/CMB, Railways, Dome/St Johns, Madina, Okaishie/druglane, Awoshie/Mangoase, Chorkor and Korle Gonno. The objectives of the study were to investigate the characteristics of child sex workers, examine what drives them into the trade, identify the challenges child sex workers encounter and how th...
ABSTRACT The British Bank of West Africa (B.B.W.A) now renamed Standard Chartered Bank Limited and Barclays Bank Ghana Limited were the two prominent foreign Commercial Banks first established in the Gold Coast in 1897 and 1917 respectively. In the colonial era, these British banks did not cater to their banking needs; they dealt with large businesses and did not extend credit to Ghanaian farmers. In 1953, the Commercial Bank was established as the first indigenous commercial bank to serve th...
ABSTRACT Most organizations primary mission of advertising is to reach prospective customers and influence their awareness, attitudes and buying behavior. Advertising has become the gateway to survival and the acquisition of market share for most organizations with herblife products not been an exception The research used a cross sectional survey and quantitative approach in collecting the opinion of Fifty-one (51) questionnaires, distributed to collate information to meet the specific study ...
ABSTRACT Over the last two decade, there has been a remarkable rise in the use of the mass media by all religious groups in Ghana. This is large, due to the recent liberalization of the Ghanaian media. Focusing on these developments, this study has examined the usage of the media by traditional priests and priestesses in Ghana. The study examines the influence that the appropriation of modern media technologies has brought on the current face of the indigenous religion in Ghana. The most po...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining the factors that contribute to the educational attainment of women in the Accra metropolis, their level of educational attainment and their resulting occupation. The study employed a qualitative design, and a sample size of fourteen (14) women was selected randomly from ten (10) categories of occupation within the Accra metropolis. Face to face interviews were conducted with these women with the aid of an interview guide and life histories as research i...
ABSTRACT In this study, attempt has been made to determine the coverage of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign in Nigeria by online newspapers. Seventy-one editions of Daily Trust, the Punch, Sahara Reporters and Vanguard newspapers from April 2014-October 2014 were content analysed. The study examined how much coverage BBOG campaigns received in the sampled online newspapers, the nature of reporting BBOG campaigns and the dominant sources of stories and themes in the framing of stories on t...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the determinants of academic performance of pupils in the Wa West District. Both quantitative and qualitative research designs were used. The study participants comprised 160 pupils, eight headteachers and eight Parent Teacher Association chairmen. Questionnaires and in-depth interviews were used to collect data. The results show that a number of statistically significant relationships existed between school factors, teacher factors, pupil char...