Teacher Education in Ghana: the past, present and the future

Patrick Swanzy; Sandra Maria Gadelha de Carvalho; José Ernandi Mendes Mendes

doi:10.46230/lef.v16i4.15209

Autores/as

Patrick Swanzy Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6201-7703
Sandra Maria Gadelha de Carvalho State University of Ceará (UECE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0759-2788
José Ernandi Mendes Mendes State University of Ceará (UECE) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-1565

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46230/lef.v16i4.15209

Palabras clave:

formación del profesorado, trayectoria, ghana

Resumen

La formación del profesorado está reconocida como un componente vital del desarrollo socioeconómico de todo país. Esto se debe a que el nivel académico y profesional de los profesores constituye un componente crítico de las condiciones de aprendizaje esenciales para alcanzar los objetivos educativos de una nación. Consciente de ello, Ghana adoptó la formación del profesorado y el sector ha evolucionado desde entonces. Sin embargo, la evolución del sector de la formación del profesorado en Ghana no ha sido cartografiada, analizada, sintetizada y compartida con la comunidad académica en un único artículo. Este artículo analiza críticamente la bibliografía (informes, textos políticos, documentos de trabajo, documentos gubernamentales y datos estadísticos de organismos gubernamentales) sobre los avances más significativos en la formación del profesorado en Ghana desde el pasado hasta el presente y prescribe la formación del profesorado deseada para el futuro.

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Biografía del autor/a

Patrick Swanzy , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

PhD in Education from the University of Adelaide, Australia specialising in quality assurance in higher education. He earned his Master of Education (Administration) from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He was also a Carnegie Corporation of New York postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Post School Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa in 2017. Patrick also has a certificate in Disability Studies from Barkuma Inc, Adelaide in Australia.

Sandra Maria Gadelha de Carvalho, State University of Ceará (UECE)

PhD in Education from the Federal University of Ceará. Associate Professor at the State University of Ceará (UECE).

José Ernandi Mendes Mendes , State University of Ceará (UECE)

PhD in Education from the Federal University of Ceará. Associate Professor at the State University of Ceará (UECE).

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