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dc.contributor.authorADU-YEBOAH, CHRISTINE-
dc.contributor.authorFORDE, LINDA DZAMA-
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-12T13:37:29Z-
dc.date.available2023-10-12T13:37:29Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9370-
dc.description.abstractThis study was based on the assumption that in Ghana, women who return late to higher education combine domestic and academic work and, in the process, experience tensions and difficulties in the face of cultural and academic prejudice. It employed an interpretive qualitative research approach via narrative interviews with eight mature undergraduate women from different socio-economic backgrounds in one public university. The intention was to explore their experiences and use the findings to make suggestions for institutional development and learning. The data was collected in May 2009 from a sample of first- and final-year women from the Departments of Sociology and Basic Education in one of the oldest public universities in the southern part of Ghana. The women students found academic work difficult and made reference to gaps in terms of their knowledge deficit, unfamiliar courses and teaching methods. Recommendations from the study include the formulation of an institutional policy on mature women students in particular, and non-traditional students in higher education generally, and the regular provision of professional development programmes for higher education practitioners.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherResearch in Comparative and International Educationen_US
dc.subjectundergraduate womenen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectHigher Educationen_US
dc.titleReturning to Study in Higher Education in Ghana: experiences of mature undergraduate womenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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