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Inquiry‐and‐intervention in systems planning: Probing methodological rationalities

Romm, Norma R.A. (Taylor and Francis, 1995)

Inquiry and intervention towards improving systems planning are argued in this paper to be inseparable features of the same process. The formula "comprehension=application" is explored to evoke possibilities for ...
Knowing as Intervention

Romm, Norma R.A. (Springer, 1995)

The relation between theory and practice is explored in this paper with respect to an examination of various systems approaches. It is argued that the moment of "knowing" already contains practical implications in that ...
A typology of power supporting intervention

Flood, Robert L.; Romm, Norma R.A. (Springer, 1996)

A typology of power is presented. The typology guides researchers/practitioners to the main concerns currently debated about power and its abuses. Possible ways of managing organisational issues explicitly dealing with ...
Becoming More Accountable: A Comment on Hammersley and Gomm

Romm, Norma R.A. (Sage, 1997)

This article provides a response to Hammersley and Gomm's article entitled Bias in Social Research (1997). Hammersley and Gomm's proposed conception of bias is rooted in a particular view of the pursuit of scientific ...
Interdisciplinary Practice as Reflexivity

Romm, Norma R.A. (Springer, 1998)

This article considers ways in which interdisciplinarity may be practiced. The suggestion is that interdisciplinarity as a practice can be understood as embracing a reflexive orientation on the part of inquirers. It is ...
Reconsidering the exploration of power distance:an active case study approach

Romm, Norma R.A.; Hsu, Cheng-Yi (Elsevier, 2002)

In this paper, we present what we call an “active case study” and we theorize speci1cally on the relevance hereof for an exploration of power distance (as conceptualized by Hofstede (Culture’s Consequences:International ...
A Trusting Constructivist Approach to Systemic Inquiry: Exploring Accountability

Romm, Norma R.A. (Wiley, 2002)

This paper offers an outline of, and justification for, what I call a ‘trusting constructivist’ approach to systemic inquiry. I work with the constructivist view that, as Banathy puts it: ‘what we know about the world ...
Learner profile and characteristics: Values and implications for teaching adult at a distance

Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku (The Social Educator: Journal of the Department of Social Studies Education, 2004-12)

A crucial concern that arises for educational practitioners in distance Adult basic Education and Training (ABET) environment at the University of South Africa is why adult learners decide to enroll for particular courses.
Enhancing learning at a distance through listening: Strategies of student support in teaching and learning in Open Distance Learning

Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku (Scientific Association: Hellenic Network of Open and Distance Education, 2005-10)

The traditional mode of delivery is inadequate and becoming outdated. A new learnerr support system in Distance Education is becoming a replacement and a model of choice.
Partnerships: A new paradigm in fostering an enduring parents' involvement in children's education

Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku (African Journal of Special Educational Needs: University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, 2005-10)

Education is a social phenomenon and a very important institution in every society, community or country.
Renforcement des capacités des éducateurs pour adultes en Afrique du Sud, au Botswana et en Namibie

McKay, Veronica; Romm, Norma R.A. (Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), 2006)
A mismatch between education policy planning and implementation: A critique of South Africa's inclusive education policy

Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku (2006-01)

The Inclusive Education policy in South Africa is addressing the imbalances of the past educational predjudices.
Traditional/Indigenous African Education: Any lessons for the Western Education System?

Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku (University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, 2006-04)

Before the advent of colonialism and Western education to Africa, indigenous or traditional system of education was already in place.
Adult basic education and training in the ten years of South African democracy

Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku (West Africa Journal of Educational Research: Institute of Education, University of Calabar, 2006-09)

In 1994 around 15 million people out of South Africa's estimated population of 42 million then, could not read and write.
Issues of Accountability in Survey, Ethnographic and Action Research

Romm, Norma R.A. (OSSREA, 2007)

The focus of this chapter is on exploring various research strategies (namely, survey, ethnographic and action research) in terms of issues of account ability in social research. In the course of the chap ter I spell out ...
Active research towards the addressal of HIV/AIDS in the informal economy in Zambia : recognition of complicity in unfolding situations

McKay, Veronica I.; Romm, Norma R. A. (2008)

In this article we offer an account of research undertaken for the International Labour Organization (on behalf of the National Aids Council in Zambia) in relation to HIV/AIDS and the informal economy in Zambia. We ...
The wisdom of our forefathers: Sankofaism and its educational lessons for today

Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku (Journal of Educational Studies, 2008)

Thi spaper examines and puts into perspective a contrasting African philosophy of Sankofaism, exploring how this indigenous philosophy should guide the process of Africanising education.
Gender mainstreaming: A new paradigm for sustainable environmental management in Ghana

Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku (Journal of Development Studies; Unisa Press, 2008)

The article focuses on rural women in Ghana and their physical environment - land, soil, forests, trees and rivers.
Testing the limits of liberation theology: Skiils training for adult women in the Techiman Diocese

Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku (Unisa Press, 2008)

The agenda on Christian theology left out the economic needs of the faithful, particularly women
'Letsema': A way of inculcating and preserving African Indigenous Knowledge in the youth through formal education in the 21st Century

Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku; Lebeloane, LDM "Oupa" (Journal of Educational Studies, 2008)

Letsema is an important indigenous practice, in existence since time immemorial among many Africans especially the Batswana speaking people of Southern Africa.

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