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Education 4.0. infusion into asynchronous teaching during a pandemic: A mixed-methods study of in-service TVET teachers in a Caribbean higher education context
No full textThe fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0. and its resulting shift to Education 4.0. (Ed. 4.0) coupled with the COVID-19 global pandemic catalyzed the education system into emergency remote teaching (ERT). As a teacher educator, the author created an Ed. 4.0. Webquest learning activity for her in-service TVET teachers for modelling asynchronous teaching during the global pandemic. They were required to create a group webquest and infuse Education 4.0. critical characteristics for teaching asynchronously, in response to parents’ calls for more asynchronous sessions in the interest of students’ wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic. These critical Education 4.0. characteristics include innovation and creativity; digital skills development; and global citizenship. The purpose of this case study is to describe the Ed. 4.0. characteristics TVET teachers infused into their Webquests in a Caribbean higher education context and their perceived readiness for Education 4.0. A Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods design was used for gaining a deeper understanding of the central phenomenon of infusion of Ed. 4.0. into TVET and feelings of readiness for ED. 4.0. The study results revealed that teachers infused all eight Ed. 4.0. characteristics into planned asynchronous teaching. However, only 5 (33%) out of the 15 (100%) teachers felt some level of readiness for Ed. 4.0. In conclusion, the study results suggest that more emphasis is needed on professional development for teachers’ readiness for Ed. 4.0. The study implications signal that TVET teachers are preparing their secondary school students for life and work in an era of Industry 4.0. and a pandemic.  
Nana Yaw Frimpong: A royal footprint of modern Ghanaian painting
Get PDFGhanaian modernist painting started with the establishment of Achimota school in 1927 where the artists learned to combine the traditional Ghanaian artforms with the European representation artistic techniques. Though the influences of this new movement went beyond the academically trained artists to affect the self-trained artists, very little is known about it. The main objective of this paper was to conduct a biographical study of Nana Yaw Frimpong who without any art college training, booked a notable slot for himself through his painting within the modern Ghanaian art space. An Iconographic analysis of five paintings of Nana Yaw Frimpong using Erwin Panofsky’s three-step approach which include 1. the pre-iconographical description, 2. the iconographical analysis, and 3. the iconological interpretation. The selected paintings were compared to the philosophical underpinnings of the works of the earlier academically trained artists from the Achimota school. The findings revealed that the philosophy and style of Nana’s paintings were the philosophical foundations of modern painting in Ghana hence, placing Nana within the Ghanaian modern painting space.
The Industry 4.0 and its associated technologies
No full textRapid implementation of Information and Communication Technology in manufacturing enables the industrial processes to evolve as smart for mass customization, making it something unique and spectacular with the ways of adapting to work facilitated with better communication approaches, and novel classifications in manufacturing are changing the terminology of the Industrial Upheaval. The key impact factor offers a cutting edge to compete with the application of the IoT. Thus facilitating functional requirements to unravel towards the encounters erupting from the technological disruption. The enhancing parameter in novel manufacturing uses digital format information, which supports the content interstellar by considering the people\u27s needs on the dependable data and the progress in the information and communication infrastructure. The potential of people being linked with mobile devices to admittance knowledge sources, bourgeoned by emergent technology, influences the Industry 4.0 to unceasing growth in the IoT, Cloud computing, autonomous vehicles, Big Data, Augmented/Virtual Reality, 3-D printing, energy storage, nanotechnology, robotics, Artificial intelligence, materials science, biotechnology, and quantum computing. Smart Manufacturing is an inclusive strategy, which authorizes the production and generation Ecology to catapult the demand-supply equations on a physical goods/service perspective. This inclusive growth trajectory positions the future of industries to evolve towards industry 4.0. This necessitates the importance of skills and quality as the important parameter for providing cutting-edge deliverables to industries. While preparing themselves for employability in the future, potential and prospective students need to pick and equip themselves with industry 4.0 competent skills for a better opportunity
Social media marketing: A new platform that influences Nigerian Generation Y to engage in the actual purchase of fast-moving consumer goods
Get PDFThe emergence of social media in marketing has transformed the business world and introduced new tasks to manage. Advertisers must live up to these ever-changing consumer desires and preferences. Social media marketing presented ample prospects to explore new groups of consumers underserved, popularly known as Generation Y. The social media marketing platform supports firms in creating a cordial relationship by personalising information for individual Generation Y consumers and influencing these groups of consumers to engage in the actual purchase. The purpose of this study was to establish social media marketing as a new platform that can influence Generation Y to engage in the actual purchase of fast-moving consumers in the Nigerian sample population. This study adopted quantitative research. This study captured 463 Generation Y. The completed data collection scale was through self–administered questionnaires (printed) and used online surveys. The population of this study consists of undergraduates full-time students of the University of Lagos, Nigeria. The study adopted a cross-sectional time horizon. In addition, the study adopted purposive and virtual snowball sampling. Inferential statistics results showed that the platform\u27s convenience could easily influence purchases on social media marketing platforms, engagement on brand Fan-page events, and prior information about a brand. This study recommended that organisations targeting Generation Y be proactive on social media marketing platforms and partner their brand with trending influencers on social media platforms
Impact of external debt on sectoral performance: Comparative study of Nigeria and Botswana
Get PDFImpacts of public debt remains unclear in Africa due to some heterogeneous macroeconomic fundamentals. Hence, this study focuses on a highly indebted nation, Nigeria, and Botswana, with a relatively low debt profile. The study utilizes the dual gap theoretical framework and deploys the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to study external debt, and its influence on sectoral performance in Nigeria and Botswana between 1981 and 2019. The study focuses on the following three sectors; service, agriculture and industry with data from World Development Indicators (WDI). Findings reveal that only agricultural sector is influenced positively by external debt in Botswana, while external debt in the long run has a significantly detrimental impact in the Nigerian agricultural sector. We therefore, recommend both governments to be prompt in monitoring of loans, right from when it is acquired to how it is being spent
Pineapple production in Ghana: Is there any future for the sub-sector?
Get PDFGhana’s pineapple agro-industry is well-developed and structured horticultural sector. Before the 2000s, a lot of farmers in Ghana were producing for the export market due to the appreciable returns they earned from their labour until setbacks occurred, as described in this paper. Since then, the industry has not been able to retain its place on the European market. From 2008 to date, production volume has been maintained, although export volume keeps declining. If the trend in export as against production continues, most farmers will venture into other crops, despite the fact that the sub-sector and the country are not adequately prepared to embrace this change
Language as a driving tool for the implementation of African Union’s Agenda 2063
Get PDFLanguage is one of the major drivers of human development. This paper critically reviews the Sixth Edition of the African Union Handbook (2019) and regrettably observes that conveners of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, a fifty (50) year incubation framework to overhaul the socio-politico-cultural and economic fortunes of the continent, erroneously failed to take a categorical decision on the particular language(s) to aid in the implementation process of the project. Accordingly, the paper recommends that instead of investing huge resources on over 2000 indigenous African languages to create awareness for the implementation of the Agenda, such resources should be used to promote the teaching and learning of the four official languages of the AU. The recommendation is predicated on the fact that sizeable populations of AU Member States already use these four official languages (Arabic, English, French and Portuguese) which are also global languages thereby making it easier, cheaper and faster to implement
The circuits-of-power framework and dance institutionalisation in Cameroon
Get PDFDance in Cameroon is witnessing a fast-moving mutation entrenched in power relationships. Based on qualitative data analysis, we conceptualise Clegg’s circuits-of-power framework to show how dance institutionalisation is a source and result of power. Hypothesising that power is central in dance practice, we argue that disciplinary machineries inherent in the power-circuit were practised during and after colonisation to institutionalise dance. Findings reveal that, during colonisation, dance institutionalisation was based on the annihilation and alteration of native dances through the development of Eurocentric cultural hegemonic traits. Nonetheless, dance played an important role in the cultural decolonizing process. Still, unfortunately, the dancing body remained subordinate to the (ex)-colonisers domination as professional dancers seek recognition from the West. After independence, the Cameroonian State used institutionalisation to control dance by creating the national ballet to meet national embodiment and unity needs. However, by introducing Western innovative body techniques amidst traditional dance practices, dance became a way to answer the demands of cultural globalization
Blended teaching and learning journey: Implementation in higher education institutions in Kenya
No full textEducation, like all the other sectors, was impacted significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report by UNESCO, in 2020 alone, learning for more than 1.7 billion children in over 188 countries was disrupted. This forced education institutions to seek for alternative means and strategies to salvage the situation. Crash programmes on course design and on how to move blended teaching were initiated. This research was therefore conducted to establish the adoption and effect of blended education in universities in Kenya. The study was hinged on the Technology Acceptance theory. Mixed method design which involved use of both quantitative and qualitative approaches of data collection was adopted. In quantitative, the study used a survey research design where 500 questionnaires were administered to students in three public universities and two private ones in Kenya. For qualitative data, interview schedules were served to 20 key informants who were university administrators, lecturers, education officers and parents. Selections of the sample sizes for the study were purposively done. The quantitative data collected was analyzed using SPSS while qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis. Findings revealed that higher learning institutions have adopted blended education albeit with a lot of challenges to students, lecturers and other key stakeholders. It recommended that Higher Education Institutions and governments should promote blended learning even after the COVID-19 pandemic as a way of leveraging on technological advancements. The information may also be used to enhance formulation of relevant policies or supplement the existing ones on matters education and technology