The Relationship Between Wbl and Certificated Learning Within Higher Education Institutions: the Ghanaian Experience
The Relationship Between Wbl and Certificated Learning Within Higher Education Institutions: the Ghanaian Experience
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Date
2023
Authors
Appiah, Ninette Afi
Acquaye, Richard
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Research Square
Abstract
Purpose
The study examined the relationship between WBL models and certificated learning within Higher
(fashion) Education institutions in the Ghanaian context.
Design/methodology/approach
The study employed the quantitative data collection and analysis technique. Thus, questionnaires were
administered. The population included postgraduate and undergraduate students of the HE institutions in
Ghana offering the fashion design and textiles studies option and some fashion houses. A purposive
sampling technique was used to select forty-eight (48) fashion houses and some graduates practising
their acquired skills. Again, out of ten (10) technical universities, eight (8) were selected for data
collection. The sampled institutions selected represent a fair distribution of the overall population of HE
institutions that offer vocational education, especially higher fashion education programs. A Pearson
moment correlation was run to determine the relationship between the core variables.
Findings
This study draws on the various WBL literature to inform the development of a framework to illustrate the
interaction of HE, WBL and the industry. The data collected and analyzed displayed no violation of
normality, linearity or homoscedasticity by visual inspection. However, HE had a weak and negative
correlation against all the WBL models except for YAP and CA, which were positive, but these also had
weak correlations., this is the WBL program that benefits students.
Originality
This study exhibited a sufficient comprehension of the relationship between WBL and certificated
learning within higher education institutions.