July 2012

Motivation and career aspirations of female students studying science at Achimota School in Accra, Ghana

This paper examines science education for girls in Achimota School, a second cycle institution in Accra, in terms of their motivations for pursuing science and future aspirations. It explores parental backgrounds and how they impacted on the motivations and aspirations of the girls. The survey method was adopted in this study, which involved a sample of 65 girls in the first and second years. The analysis of data...

Author(s): Paul K. ANDOH, Thomas ANTWI BOSIAKOH and Stephen AFRANIE

July 2012

Measuring pre-service master’s of school administrator’s candidates’ social capital as a predictor of culturally responsive leadership

  This study measured Pre-Service Masters of School Administrators’ candidates’ social capital as a predictor of culturally responsive leadership. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between the MSA Pre-service candidates’ social capital and their propensity to become culturally responsive leaders. The 23 participants in this study were pre-service...

Author(s): Alisa Taliaferro and Timothy Seigler