Sixty Years of University-Based Education in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects of Making Transition into a Lifelong Learning Institution

Autor/in	Tagoe, Michael Ayitey
Titel	Sixty Years of University-Based Education in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects of Making Transition into a Lifelong Learning Institution
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 31 (2012) 2, S.135-156 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
DOI	10.1080/02601370.2012.663798
Schlagwörter	Economic Development; Distance Education; Continuing Education; Lifelong Learning; Foreign Countries; Educational Development; Educational History; Adult Education; Institutional Characteristics; Global Approach; Partnerships in Education; Performance Factors; Barriers; Education Work Relationship; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Weiterbildung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Ausland; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Globales Denken; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Leistungsindikator; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform
Abstract	Within the last decade, adult education has faced significant challenges in terms of its relevance to socio-economic development as it sought to define itself through many international conferences. In spite of these re-conceptualisations, adult education continues to be relegated to the periphery, and therefore lacks the needed funding to play a key role in national development. This paper traces the history of university-based adult education in Ghana. The paper examines how various conceptualisations of adult education have affected university-based adult education in Ghana. Within the context of globalisation and the progression towards knowledge-based society, the paper discusses adult and continuing education as lifelong learning and explains how the Institute of Continuing and Distance Education could transforming itself into a university-based lifelong learning institution. (Contains 2 notes, 1 table, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10