Women Education: Women and Teaching Profession in Ghana

Abstract

Feminist theorists raise questions about hypotheses that are still common in the teaching fields that consist mostly of women. Education is a force that allows women to have expanded choices in the approach to capabilities and The World Bank is promoting education for women as it contributes to human capital. The purpose of this paper is to discuss women education, the teaching profession, and feminization of teaching in Ghana. It highlights and analyze why women are concerned about education, aspects of women's education in Ghana, and why women are interested in teaching. Findings indicated that Ghanaian women are into teaching because of numerous reasons but a few of them include, the acceptance in the teaching profession i.e. they feel accepted and there is no discrimination. In addition, there is job security in the profession.

Readiness and exposure to information and communication technology instructional resources among pre-service teachers

“…According to Mim (2020), economic factors contribute to masculine and feminine work experience and because of this; teaching is viewed with the assumed gender-related characteristics that go with it. Similarly, a majority of women are observed in the teaching sector since "they feel accepted" and the profession provides them tenure (Wang & Samba, 2019). Perceptions of teaching as "women's work" (Kelleher, 2011) are very much evident in the feminization of teaching.…”