Jacob Oppong Nkansah
Biographic Data
| ID | 4428674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacob Oppong Nkansah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacob Oppong |
| FAMILY NAME | Nkansah |
| SIGNATURE | NKANSAH J O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Education, Winneba |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2280-6828 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond Supervision
Governance and resource strategies in Ghana’s dual-sector higher education
Challenges and opportunities in teaching speaking skills in senior high schools
This study focused on the strategies used by English teachers in Ghanaian Senior High Schools to teach speaking skills, while acknowledging the challenges they encountered in implementing these strategies. Using Robin Alexander’s Dialogic Teaching Framework, the study involved semi-structured interviews with seventeen English teachers from four selected Senior High Schools in Ghana. The study revealed that resource constraints, pedagogical issues…
Southeast Asia’s cross-regional research collaborations in the multiplex world
Overcoming the Odds
This study offers critical insights into the experiences of First‐Generation College Students (FGCS) in Ghana. This phenomenological study included 18 undergraduate FGCS at a large public university in Ghana. By examining the challenges and coping mechanisms of FGCS, the research provides a holistic view of FGCS experiences in West Africa using evidence from Ghana's higher education. These contributions enhance our understanding of FGCS experienc…
Dependency and neocolonialism in international research collaboration
Scientific collaboration between the Global North and South has expanded significantly over the last three decades. However, this expansion has yet to bring about equal international research collaborations (IRC) for all collaborating sides. Through a case study of a Ghanaian elite university, this study examines how these inequalities manifest in the IRC of Ghanaian higher education researchers, building on the theoretical lenses of neocoloniali…
Dynamics of International Research Collaboration in Higher Education in the Global Majority Systems
A purpose of global research is to address challenges faced by all humanity. To achieve this, it is crucial to foster global collaborations that promote learning from each other on equal terms. Previous studies have predominantly focused on the Global North, with inadequate attention paid to other parts of the world. In this regard, investigating international research collaborations (IRC), especially with a focus on less researched parts of the …
Exploring senior high school teachers’ awareness and preparedness in supporting first-generation students for higher education
A Qualitative Exploration of the Financial Insecurity Experience Among Older People
“What support systems exist for “first-generation students in Ghana's higher education?”
Given the expanding number of First-Generation Students (FGS) and the social, economic, and civil ramifications of their inequitable struggles with higher education, investigating the influence of support systems on FGS in higher education is vital, especially in Africa. This phenomenological study examined FGS's available and accessible support in Ghanaian higher education using social and cultural capital and ecological theories. There were two…
What drives First-Generation College Students to be resilient in pursuing higher education in Africa
This study explored First-Generation College Students' (FGCS) resilience in pursuing higher education in Ghana. FGCS is conceptualised as learners whose parents did not complete or attend university and who encountered challenges that could have impaired their resilience to pursue higher education in Ghana. This paper employed a conceptual framework built from the Ecological and Resilience theories to investigate FGCS’ resilience in pursuing high…
The exploration of online academic help-seeking behavior of first-generation college students in developing countries
Introduction With the continuous expansion of higher education globally, the number of first-generation college students (FGCS) is also increasing, particularly in developing countries where FGCS account for more than half of all college students. Methods This qualitative study explores the experience of Chinese FGCS in online academic help-seeking (OAHS) behavior through semi-structured interviews. The narratives from fifty-eight participants ex…
What makes scientists collaborate? International collaboration between scientists in traditionally non-central science systems
Global science is more networked and connected than ever before. The rise of research collaborations occurs not only in the established Euro-American science systems that hold ‘central’ nodes in the globally networked science, but also in other parts of the world as science systems pluralise and multipolarise. Yet, research collaborations between traditionally non-central science systems are understudied. This paper examines factors leading to in…
‘West is must, the rest is optional’
The role of gender in health insurance enrollment among geriatric caregivers
Gender was a significant predictor of health insurance enrollment among informal caregivers of older adults. This finding contributes to the empirical debates on the role of gender in health insurance enrollment among informal caregivers of older adults. Policymakers need to develop gender-specific measures to address gender gaps in health insurance enrollment among informal caregivers of older adults in Ghana. Such health policies and programs s…
Enlightening Stakeholders on the Covid‐19 Pandemic Impacts and Preparation for Minimizing Future Pandemics’ Negative Effects on Occupational Therapists
The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected all aspects of professional disciplines including occupational therapy; however, little is known about how much of an impact the COVID‐19 pandemic affected occupational therapy practice in Ghana. This study examined the impacts, coping strategies, and COVID‐19 pandemic lessons for occupational therapy practices in the future. A descriptive qualitative design was employed with a purposive and convenience sampling…
Digital Literacy in the Informal Economy of Ghana
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the growing importance of digital technologies for economic resilience, especially for vulnerable groups like older workers in the informal sector. However, barriers to access and digital literacy create challenges alongside potential opportunities, particularly in less developed countries such as Ghana. Using older adults over 50 years engaged in informal work in Kumasi’s Central Business District in Ghana a…
Exploring care experiences and satisfaction
This article explores the experiences of hospitalised older adults concerning the care they receive from family carers. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach, alongside semi-structured interviews, data were gathered from eight older adults admitted to a teaching hospital in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The nature of care received by older adults and their attitudes towards it emerged as the two overarching themes identified from the data. …
Older people’s long-term care experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana
This study explores older people’s long-term care experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. A qualitative descriptive approach employing semi-structured interviews was used to collect data from 15 older people from Southern Ghana. Analysis of interview data resulted in five interrelated themes: (1) sources and type of long-term care; (2) older people’s satisfaction with the long-term care received; (3) changes in their long-term care; (4…
Understanding older adults' functioning and health‐seeking behaviour during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Ghana
Little research has been conducted to explore the functional status of community-dwelling older adults in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigated the functional status and the health-seeking behaviour of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Utilising a descriptive qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 12 eligible older adults fro…
Attributions of elder neglect
The purpose of the study was to explore how neglected older people describe the factors contributing to their state of neglect. A Phenomenological qualitative approach making use of a semi-structured interview was adopted. Purposive criterion and snowballing sampling were employed to recruit 12 older people facing neglect from Winneba in Ghana. Thematic data analysis making use of in-vivo and focussed coding was employed. Four major interrelated …
Attributions of elder neglect
The purpose of the study was to explore how neglected older people describe the factors contributing to their state of neglect. A Phenomenological qualitative approach making use of a semi-structured interview was adopted. Purposive criterion and snowballing sampling were employed to recruit 12 older people facing neglect from Winneba in Ghana. Thematic data analysis making use of in-vivo and focussed coding was employed. Four major interrelated …
Dynamics of International Research Collaboration in Higher Education in the Global Majority Systems
A purpose of global research is to address challenges faced by all humanity. To achieve this, it is crucial to foster global collaborations that promote learning from each other on equal terms. Previous studies have predominantly focused on the Global North, with inadequate attention paid to other parts of the world. In this regard, investigating international research collaborations (IRC), especially with a focus on less researched parts of the …
Understanding older adults' functioning and health‐seeking behaviour during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Ghana
Little research has been conducted to explore the functional status of community-dwelling older adults in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigated the functional status and the health-seeking behaviour of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Utilising a descriptive qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 12 eligible older adults fro…
Attributions of elder neglect
The purpose of the study was to explore how neglected older people describe the factors contributing to their state of neglect. A Phenomenological qualitative approach making use of a semi-structured interview was adopted. Purposive criterion and snowballing sampling were employed to recruit 12 older people facing neglect from Winneba in Ghana. Thematic data analysis making use of in-vivo and focussed coding was employed. Four major interrelated …
Older people’s long-term care experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana
This study explores older people’s long-term care experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. A qualitative descriptive approach employing semi-structured interviews was used to collect data from 15 older people from Southern Ghana. Analysis of interview data resulted in five interrelated themes: (1) sources and type of long-term care; (2) older people’s satisfaction with the long-term care received; (3) changes in their long-term care; (4…
Understanding older adults' functioning and health‐seeking behaviour during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Ghana
Little research has been conducted to explore the functional status of community-dwelling older adults in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigated the functional status and the health-seeking behaviour of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Utilising a descriptive qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 12 eligible older adults fro…
“What support systems exist for “first-generation students in Ghana's higher education?”
Given the expanding number of First-Generation Students (FGS) and the social, economic, and civil ramifications of their inequitable struggles with higher education, investigating the influence of support systems on FGS in higher education is vital, especially in Africa. This phenomenological study examined FGS's available and accessible support in Ghanaian higher education using social and cultural capital and ecological theories. There were two…
What drives First-Generation College Students to be resilient in pursuing higher education in Africa
This study explored First-Generation College Students' (FGCS) resilience in pursuing higher education in Ghana. FGCS is conceptualised as learners whose parents did not complete or attend university and who encountered challenges that could have impaired their resilience to pursue higher education in Ghana. This paper employed a conceptual framework built from the Ecological and Resilience theories to investigate FGCS’ resilience in pursuing high…
The exploration of online academic help-seeking behavior of first-generation college students in developing countries
Introduction With the continuous expansion of higher education globally, the number of first-generation college students (FGCS) is also increasing, particularly in developing countries where FGCS account for more than half of all college students. Methods This qualitative study explores the experience of Chinese FGCS in online academic help-seeking (OAHS) behavior through semi-structured interviews. The narratives from fifty-eight participants ex…
What makes scientists collaborate? International collaboration between scientists in traditionally non-central science systems
Global science is more networked and connected than ever before. The rise of research collaborations occurs not only in the established Euro-American science systems that hold ‘central’ nodes in the globally networked science, but also in other parts of the world as science systems pluralise and multipolarise. Yet, research collaborations between traditionally non-central science systems are understudied. This paper examines factors leading to in…
‘West is must, the rest is optional’
The role of gender in health insurance enrollment among geriatric caregivers
Gender was a significant predictor of health insurance enrollment among informal caregivers of older adults. This finding contributes to the empirical debates on the role of gender in health insurance enrollment among informal caregivers of older adults. Policymakers need to develop gender-specific measures to address gender gaps in health insurance enrollment among informal caregivers of older adults in Ghana. Such health policies and programs s…
Enlightening Stakeholders on the Covid‐19 Pandemic Impacts and Preparation for Minimizing Future Pandemics’ Negative Effects on Occupational Therapists
The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected all aspects of professional disciplines including occupational therapy; however, little is known about how much of an impact the COVID‐19 pandemic affected occupational therapy practice in Ghana. This study examined the impacts, coping strategies, and COVID‐19 pandemic lessons for occupational therapy practices in the future. A descriptive qualitative design was employed with a purposive and convenience sampling…
Digital Literacy in the Informal Economy of Ghana
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the growing importance of digital technologies for economic resilience, especially for vulnerable groups like older workers in the informal sector. However, barriers to access and digital literacy create challenges alongside potential opportunities, particularly in less developed countries such as Ghana. Using older adults over 50 years engaged in informal work in Kumasi’s Central Business District in Ghana a…
Exploring care experiences and satisfaction
This article explores the experiences of hospitalised older adults concerning the care they receive from family carers. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach, alongside semi-structured interviews, data were gathered from eight older adults admitted to a teaching hospital in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The nature of care received by older adults and their attitudes towards it emerged as the two overarching themes identified from the data. …
Southeast Asia’s cross-regional research collaborations in the multiplex world
Overcoming the Odds
This study offers critical insights into the experiences of First‐Generation College Students (FGCS) in Ghana. This phenomenological study included 18 undergraduate FGCS at a large public university in Ghana. By examining the challenges and coping mechanisms of FGCS, the research provides a holistic view of FGCS experiences in West Africa using evidence from Ghana's higher education. These contributions enhance our understanding of FGCS experienc…
Dependency and neocolonialism in international research collaboration
Scientific collaboration between the Global North and South has expanded significantly over the last three decades. However, this expansion has yet to bring about equal international research collaborations (IRC) for all collaborating sides. Through a case study of a Ghanaian elite university, this study examines how these inequalities manifest in the IRC of Ghanaian higher education researchers, building on the theoretical lenses of neocoloniali…
Dynamics of International Research Collaboration in Higher Education in the Global Majority Systems
A purpose of global research is to address challenges faced by all humanity. To achieve this, it is crucial to foster global collaborations that promote learning from each other on equal terms. Previous studies have predominantly focused on the Global North, with inadequate attention paid to other parts of the world. In this regard, investigating international research collaborations (IRC), especially with a focus on less researched parts of the …
Exploring senior high school teachers’ awareness and preparedness in supporting first-generation students for higher education
A Qualitative Exploration of the Financial Insecurity Experience Among Older People
Beyond Supervision
Governance and resource strategies in Ghana’s dual-sector higher education
Challenges and opportunities in teaching speaking skills in senior high schools
This study focused on the strategies used by English teachers in Ghanaian Senior High Schools to teach speaking skills, while acknowledging the challenges they encountered in implementing these strategies. Using Robin Alexander’s Dialogic Teaching Framework, the study involved semi-structured interviews with seventeen English teachers from four selected Senior High Schools in Ghana. The study revealed that resource constraints, pedagogical issues…
Sociology (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Qualitative research (8 works) · Higher education (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (5 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works)