Papers by Nana Osei Bonsu
All Nations University Journal of Applied Thought, 2020
This study sought to examine Senior High Schools Teacher-Student conflicts at Kwahu East Municipa... more This study sought to examine Senior High Schools Teacher-Student conflicts at Kwahu East Municipality, Ghana. The study adopted a descriptive research design. Data was collected through the use of questionnaires to a sample of 127 students. The findings revealed that some teachers' unfair use of punishment, denial of students' rights and privileges by teachers, lack of interest in teaching on the part of some teachers, and preferential treatment towards some students cause teacher-student conflicts. Also, creative thinking and redefining of purpose were both seen as positive effects of teacher-student conflict. Lastly, the study discovered lessening of the organization's effectiveness, weakening teacher-students' relationships, and outright hostile or property damage as major effects of conflict. The study recommends that teachers should not be too strict or deny students' rights and privileges. Moreover, teachers should be friendly, fair, and firm in discharging their duties when implementing educational policy, in terms of discipline.
International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 2020
More than a decade has passed since the introduction of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) withi... more More than a decade has passed since the introduction of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) within schools in Africa. Computer-assisted instruction has enhanced teaching and learning at all levels of education in Africa. However, many aspects of the issues facing CAI implementation, as well as its effects on students' performance in the history classroom are unclear. This necessitated the systematic review into two aspects. Firstly, the effects of CAI on students' performance in the teaching and learning of history in Africa, and secondly, the various challenges facing CAI's implementation in Africa. Furthermore, to facilitate future research, the researchers summarised several research methodologies used in the studies reviewed. The results from a systematic review of 11 studies revealed that CAI has a positive effect on students' academic performance in history. The challenges to CAI implementation that were identified included: a lack of funding, training of teachers, and of motivation on the part of teachers; inadequate technological infrastructure; a lack of Internet; an unstable power supply; a lack of technological support; the poor information communication technology (ICT) skills of history and social studies teachers; a lack of school-based policies; and a digital divide between male and female students. Moreover, a quantitative approach was the preferred design with both descriptive and inferential statistics as the main statistical tools used for the data analysis. Additionally, there is a scarcity of research studies that employ an experimental design to test for the effect of CAI upon academic performance in history teaching. Lastly, the studies that use a questionnaire tool for data analysis can take a progressive step further by conducting structural equation modelling, which is an advanced quantitative analysis.
Afro Asian Journal of Social Sciences, 2019
Music is an indispensable aspect of African culture; hence, music permeates in all aspects of Afr... more Music is an indispensable aspect of African culture; hence, music permeates in all aspects of African life i.e. festivals, ceremonies, rituals, music, and entertainments. In Ghana, highlife and hiplife music are the two most popular music genres. Hiplife which evolved in the twentieth
century is a fusion of highlife and hip hop. This study discusses the evolution of hiplife music genre. It also establishes that although hiplife has western elements in its formation and evolution, those elements have been indigenised, decolonised, and Africanised and thus could be
said to be African music. Furthermore, this study posits that there has been progressive westernisation of Ghanaian hiplife music and musicians; this westernisation is evident in the stage names, music video concept, costume and music video location of hiplife musicians in
Ghana.
Africology journal of Pan-African Studies, Jul 26, 2014
This paper critically examines such terminologies like juju, paganism, savage, ancestral worship ... more This paper critically examines such terminologies like juju, paganism, savage, ancestral worship and heathenism in relationship to the African experience, considering that such misleading terminologies are not appropriate in describing the religion and spirituality of African people. Thus, it was suggested that researchers should adopt in an Afrocentric approach to studying African traditional religion, and that a researcher should "bracket" their faith and prejudicethey might have about Africa and its people. Finally, it is suggested that Afrocentric terminologies should be introduced by African people to guide foreign researchers and others from continually using misleading and racially motivated terms in reference to the religion and spirituality of African people.
Atlfmonline.com, Jul 21, 2014
Gone are the days when Akans used their indigenous names, then after the coming of Europeans ever... more Gone are the days when Akans used their indigenous names, then after the coming of Europeans everything changed and Akans began to use foreign names like Paul, Peter etc instead of their Kweku, Kwesi etc and those who even use the indigenous names now blend them with foreign ones. There are motivating factors behind the sudden change of preference or taste for foreign names and these are Cultural, psychological and religious Colonialism. Most Akans with local names do not even understand the meaning of their local names
Papers by Nana Osei Bonsu
The Journal of Pan-African Studies, 2016
More than a decade has passed since the introduction of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) withi... more More than a decade has passed since the introduction of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) within schools in Africa. Computer-assisted instruction has enhanced teaching and learning at all levels of education in Africa. However, many aspects of the issues facing CAI implementation, as well as its effects on students' performance in the history classroom are unclear. This necessitated the systematic review into two aspects. Firstly, the effects of CAI on students' performance in the teaching and learning of history in Africa, and secondly, the various challenges facing CAI's implementation in Africa. Furthermore, to facilitate future research, the researchers summarised several research methodologies used in the studies reviewed. The results from a systematic review of 11 studies revealed that CAI has a positive effect on students' academic performance in history. The challenges to CAI implementation that were identified included: a lack of funding, training of teach...
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Papers by Nana Osei Bonsu
century is a fusion of highlife and hip hop. This study discusses the evolution of hiplife music genre. It also establishes that although hiplife has western elements in its formation and evolution, those elements have been indigenised, decolonised, and Africanised and thus could be
said to be African music. Furthermore, this study posits that there has been progressive westernisation of Ghanaian hiplife music and musicians; this westernisation is evident in the stage names, music video concept, costume and music video location of hiplife musicians in
Ghana.
Papers by Nana Osei Bonsu
century is a fusion of highlife and hip hop. This study discusses the evolution of hiplife music genre. It also establishes that although hiplife has western elements in its formation and evolution, those elements have been indigenised, decolonised, and Africanised and thus could be
said to be African music. Furthermore, this study posits that there has been progressive westernisation of Ghanaian hiplife music and musicians; this westernisation is evident in the stage names, music video concept, costume and music video location of hiplife musicians in
Ghana.