Paper: All I need is to pass my exams: the dilemma of using a learner-centered teaching approach in Ghanaian universities
Affiliation: University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Bursary Awarded: 2015
My participation in a well-acclaimed conference such as UKFIET provided me with a platform for exchange of ideas and that widen my knowledge on issues related to student learning from an international perspective. I obtained some ideas on best practices related to university teaching. I also had the opportunity to link up with faculty from universities in other countries.
I was especially pleased to meet professors with whom I had worked with on collaboration projects in Ghana in 2010. It was great to be able to meet again. This experience not only contributed to my personal professional development, but also to the quality of my teaching and supervision at the university. I also obtained some books needed for my work and participated in discussions in my interest areas of approaches to educational planning and administration in resource-constrained settings that facilitate sustainable learning systems. Most importantly it gave me the opportunity to widen my network of faculty and friends. The bursary really did enable me attend and help me have the chance to have suitable accommodation on the campus of Oxford, that was great. It was a very fruitful experience that I am looking forward for an opportunity to having it again.
Rosemary presented her paper All I need is to pass my exams: the dilemma of using a learner-centered teaching approach in Ghanaian universities at the conference.
