Will cultural teaching methods influence student understanding of politics and bureaucracy in the public administration curriculum of African countries within the COVID-19?

Awaah, Fred; Okebukola, Peter Akinsola; Shabani, Juma; Raheem, Kolawole; Ahove, Michael Adetunji; Onowugbeda, Franklin; Agbanimu, Deborah

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“…Some studies have attempted to establish the relations between different variables and how they relate to students' understanding of public administration - non has investigated the difficulties from the lenses of school libraries. For instance, Awaah et al (2020) sought answers to topics in public administration students found difficult to study; Awaah et al (2021b) purposed to find out the reasons accounting for subject difficulty in the study of PA by African university students; Awaah et al (2021c) purposed to establish the relationships between “no opportunity for group studies” and concept difficulties in the study of public administration in African universities.…”

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School library and students’ understanding of public administration

Awaah

Okebukola

Shabani

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Teaching Public Administration

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Student difficulty in public administration has witnessed some writings within the African context. Although these studies are emerging, there seems to be minimal research on the influence of school libraries on students’ understanding of public administration. This gap in the public administration literature precludes educational managers from determining whether or not the variable influences students understanding of the course/programme. Not establishing this places educational managers in a situation that inhibits them from placing measures to enhance the understanding of the course from the lenses of school libraries. This study responds to the gap in the public administration literature by employing a mixed-method approach to investigate the influence of the variable in the study of public administration by Ghanaian and Nigerian university students using a sample of N = 650. Anchored on the Culturo-Techno- Contextual Approach, the study results suggest significant differences in corruption, governance, and defining public administration ( p < .001) when there are poor school libraries. Both theoretical and practical implications have been proferred for the use of school libraries to enhance students’ understanding of difficult concepts in the study of public administration in Ghanaian and Nigerian universities.

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School library and students’ understanding of public administration

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Okebukola

Shabani

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Teaching Public Administration

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“…The implied premise is that a society’s culture might have a philosophy that does not apply to all people and civilisations worldwide while sharing parallels with other cultures (Awaah et al. , 2021a, b, c). The CTCA asserts that teaching African students using their culture is imperative since non-African methods do not always apply to their specific living conditions (Okebukola, 2020).…”

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“…Based on this philosophy, the CTCA advocates using modern technology available to students (Awaah et al. , 2021a, b, c). Modern technology like the Internet, personal computers and mobile phones enables students to find information better and makes lessons easily accessible.…”

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“…As part of a new wave of literature regarding students’ difficulties in various disciplines, researchers have recently pushed for creating and using cultural models to teach students (Awaah et al. , 2021a, b, c). Culture has long been employed in education research to examine equality concerns for low-income, racial and ethnic minority pupils (Theobald and Nachtigal, 1995).…”

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In the classroom I enhance students understanding of entrepreneurship development – the culturo–techno-contextual approach

Awaah

2023

JRIT

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PurposeThis study aims to present a step-by-step implementation of the culturo–techno-contextual approach (CTCA) in a university classroom to teach industry and competitive analysis in the Ghanaian undergraduate entrepreneurship development curriculum. It further investigates the efficacy of the CTCA in breaking difficulties related to the study of industry and competitive analysis as a difficult concept in the Ghanaian entrepreneurship development curriculum. In doing this, the CTCA is compared with the lecture method.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts a quantitative approach. A quasi-experimental design is employed to gather data from 215 level 400 (4th-year undergraduate students) entrepreneurship development students at a Ghanaian public university. The experimental group was taught with CTCA, while the control group used the lecture method. The data was collected using the industry and competitive analysis achievement test (ICAAT). As random assignment to experimental and control groups were not possible, the data were subjected to an analysis of covariance approach with pre-test scores added as a covariate.FindingsThe results show that the experimental group significantly outperformed the control group. The results further indicate the efficacy of CTCA in improving undergraduate students’ performance in complex concepts of entrepreneurship.Originality/valueResearchers usually test alternative teaching methods to break down barriers to study difficulties. The study’s uniqueness stems from the CTCA’s ground-breaking application to the study of entrepreneurship development in a Ghanaian public university.

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“…When introduced in the public sector, these attitudes influence employee efficiency. In training public servants, studies have proven that cultural teaching methods enhance students' understanding of concepts in public sector management (Awaah, 2020; Awaah et al , 2021). Also, Giordano and Tommasino (2009) discover that historically shaped values and political attitudes continued to influence the quality of the Italian public sector.…”

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Indigenous cultures and employee efficiency: the moderating effect of cronyism in state-owned enterprises in Ghana

Awaah,

Olanrewaju

2023

PAP

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PurposeThis paper examines the relationship between indigenous cultures and employee efficiency and how cronyism strengthens or weakens the relationship in the Ghanaian state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in response to the employee efficiency.Design/methodology/approachThis study employs a quantitative approach by a cross-sectional survey to collect data from 400 workers in ten SOEs in Ghana. The analysis is done by using descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression techniques.FindingsThe findings indicate that showing gratitude is the predominant indigenous culture in the SOEs of Ghana while irregularity (absenteeism) is not dominant. Moreover, the practice of cronyism is high. It reveals that the indigenous cultures, except for respect for the elderly, relate negatively to employee efficiency, and cronyism strengthens the relationship between indigenous cultures and employee efficiency.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the literature by providing empirical evidence that cronyism effectively strengthens the relationship between indigenous cultures and employee efficiency in a developing country. Strategies to discourage cronyism should be the key focus of public administrators, as well as mechanisms to limit the practice of adverse indigenous cultures.

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Will cultural teaching methods influence student understanding of politics and bureaucracy in the public administration curriculum of African countries within the COVID-19?

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School library and students’ understanding of public administration

School library and students’ understanding of public administration

In the classroom I enhance students understanding of entrepreneurship development – the culturo–techno-contextual approach

Indigenous cultures and employee efficiency: the moderating effect of cronyism in state-owned enterprises in Ghana

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